Euro Area recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 87.10 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. Government Debt to GDP in Euro Area averaged 80.12 percent of GDP from 1995 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 96.50 percent of GDP in 2020 and a record low of 66.10 percent of GDP in 2007. source: EUROSTAT

Government Debt to GDP in Euro Area is expected to reach 88.10 percent of GDP by the end of 2026, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Euro Area Government Debt to GDP is projected to trend around 88.60 percent of GDP in 2027 and 89.20 percent of GDP in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2024-04-22 09:00 AM
Government Debt to GDP
2023 88.6% 90.8% 88.0%
2025-04-22 09:00 AM
Government Debt to GDP
2024 87.4% 87.3% 87.8%
2026-04-22 09:00 AM
Government Debt to GDP
2025 87.1% 87.6%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Government Budget to GDP -3.10 -3.50 percent of GDP Dec 2024
Government Debt 13258118.00 12753756.00 EUR Million Dec 2024
Government Debt to GDP 87.10 87.00 percent of GDP Dec 2024
Government Spending 668.07 663.33 EUR Billion Sep 2025
Government Spending to GDP 49.50 49.40 percent of GDP Dec 2024


Euro Area Government Debt to GDP
Generally, Government debt as a percent of GDP is used by investors to measure a country ability to make future payments on its debt, thus affecting the country borrowing costs and government bond yields.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
87.10 87.00 96.50 66.10 1995 - 2024 percent of GDP Yearly