The Eurozone’s general government debt-to-GDP ratio increased to 87.8% in 2025, up from a downwardly revised 87.0% in 2024. Across the broader EU, the ratio also climbed to 81.7% from 80.7%. The highest debt ratios were recorded in Greece (146.1%), Italy (137.1%), France (115.6%), Belgium (107.9%), and Spain (100.7%), while the lowest were in Estonia (24.1%) and Luxembourg (26.5%). source: EUROSTAT

Euro Area recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 87.80 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2025. Government Debt to GDP in Euro Area averaged 80.29 percent of GDP from 1995 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 96.50 percent of GDP in 2020 and a record low of 65.90 percent of GDP in 2007. This page provides the latest reported value for - Euro Area Government Debt to GDP - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Euro Area Government Debt to GDP - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2026.

Euro Area recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 87.80 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2025. 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
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 87.8% 87.0% 87.6%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Government Budget to GDP -2.90 -3.00 percent of GDP Dec 2025
Government Debt 13911079.00 13264199.00 EUR Million Dec 2025
Government Debt to GDP 87.80 87.00 percent of GDP Dec 2025
Government Spending 673.65 670.10 EUR Billion Dec 2025
Government Spending to GDP 49.80 49.40 percent of GDP Dec 2025


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
87.80 87.00 96.50 65.90 1995 - 2025 percent of GDP Yearly