Government debt in European Union
Government debt in the European Union was equal to 81.5% of GDP at the end of 2025.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
81.5%
Change from 2024
+1.2percentage points
Government debt in European Union over time
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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 81.5% |
| 2024 | 80.3% |
| 2023 | 80.3% |
| 2022 | 82.3% |
| 2021 | 86.6% |
| 2020 | 89.4% |
| 2019 | 77.4% |
| 2018 | 79.4% |
| 2017 | 81.5% |
| 2016 | 84.0% |
| 2015 | 85.0% |
| 2014 | 86.9% |
| 2013 | 86.8% |
| 2012 | 85.0% |
| 2011 | 81.7% |
| 2010 | 80.4% |
| 2009 | 75.7% |
| 2008 | 65.1% |
| 2007 | 62.4% |
| 2006 | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 67.2% |
| 2004 | 67.1% |
| 2003 | 66.8% |
| 2002 | 65.6% |
| 2001 | 65.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.2 percentage points from 80.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 85.0%, the figure has changed by −3.5 percentage points.
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