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Government debt to GDP

27 European countries compared for 2025, eu average 81.5 %. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking

24.0 %

Estonia

EU average

81.5 %

27 member states

Median country

58.9 %

half above, half below

Range

24.0 to 145.4

Estonia - Greece

How to read it

Across 27 countries, the highest value is in Greece (145.4 %) and the lowest in Estonia (24.0 %).

Half of the countries are above 58.9 % and half below.

The EU average is 81.5 %; 7 of 27 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value rose from 65.0 % in 2006 to 81.5 % in 2025.

Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data
Percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) · General government · Government consolidated gross debt

Eurostat methods can differ from the World Bank data used elsewhere on the site - source and licence.

Government debt over time

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Ranking of countries

2025

In chart
Estonia in chart	1	Estonia	24.0	−57.5
Luxembourg in chart	2	Luxembourg	26.0	−55.5
Denmark in chart	3	Denmark	27.2	−54.3
Bulgaria in chart	4	Bulgaria	29.9	−51.6
Ireland in chart	5	Ireland	34.8	−46.7
Sweden in chart	6	Sweden	35.1	−46.4
Lithuania in chart	7	Lithuania	39.3	−42.2
Czechia in chart	8	Czechia	44.2	−37.3
Netherlands in chart	9	Netherlands	44.7	−36.8
Latvia in chart	10	Latvia	46.2	−35.3
Malta in chart	11	Malta	46.3	−35.2
Cyprus in chart	12	Cyprus	52.3	−29.2
Croatia in chart	13	Croatia	55.7	−25.8
Romania in chart	14	Romania	58.9	−22.6
Poland in chart	15	Poland	59.6	−21.9
Slovakia in chart	16	Slovakia	60.5	−21.0
Germany in chart	17	Germany	62.8	−18.7
Slovenia in chart	18	Slovenia	65.1	−16.4
Hungary in chart	19	Hungary	74.4	−7.1
Austria in chart	20	Austria	80.7	−0.8
Finland in chart	21	Finland	88.4	+6.9
Portugal in chart	22	Portugal	89.2	+7.7
Spain in chart	23	Spain	100.5	+19.0
Belgium in chart	24	Belgium	108.1	+26.6
France in chart	25	France	115.7	+34.2
Italy in chart	26	Italy	136.7	+55.2
Greece in chart	27	Greece	145.4	+63.9

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