Central government debt in Europe

13 countries in Europe, 2019. Unit: % of GDP. World ranking →

First in the ranking
17.3 %
Russia
Median country
48.3 %
half above, half below
Range
17.3 to 159.0
Russia - United Kingdom

How to read it

Across 13 countries in Europe, the highest value is in United Kingdom (159.0 %) and the lowest in Russia (17.3 %).

The median country is at 48.3 %: half are above, half below.

Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a…

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Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) · via World Bank WDI (GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS) · licence

Government debt over time

%

Ranking of countries

2019
In chart Share of the highest value
1Russia17.3
2Switzerland18.6
3Moldova25.5
4Belarus33.2
5Andorra38.8
6Bosnia and Herzegovina44.0
7Ukraine48.3
8San Marino55.1
9Albania74.8
10Hungary84.6
11Iceland89.0
12Spain111.3
13United Kingdom159.0
World Bank, WDI · GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2019 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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