Government debt, quarterly in European Union
Government debt in the European Union was equal to 82.9% of GDP at the end of Q2 2026. The value for Q2 2026 is the highest since Q3 2022.
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.
The latest value carries the source flag “Provisional”.
European Union, Q2 2026
82.9%p (Provisional)
Change from Q1 2026
+0.4percentage points
Government debt, quarterly 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 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 82.9%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2026 | 82.5%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2025 | 81.5%p (provisional) |
| Q3 2025 | 81.7%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2025 | 81.4%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2025 | 81.0%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2024 | 80.3%p (provisional) |
| Q3 2024 | 80.8%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2024 | 80.9%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2024 | 80.7%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2023 | 80.3%p (provisional) |
| Q3 2023 | 81.1%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2023 | 81.7%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2023 | 82.1%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2022 | 82.3%p (provisional) |
| Q3 2022 | 83.4%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2022 | 84.8%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2022 | 86.0%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2021 | 86.6%p (provisional) |
| Q3 2021 | 88.6%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2021 | 89.6%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2021 | 91.4%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2020 | 89.4%p (provisional) |
| Q3 2020 | 88.9%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2020 | 86.9%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2020 | 79.0%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2019 | 77.4%p (provisional) |
| Q3 2019 | 78.9%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2019 | 79.5%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2019 | 79.8%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2018 | 79.4%p (provisional) |
| Q3 2018 | 80.6%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2018 | 80.8%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2018 | 81.3%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2017 | 81.5% |
| Q3 2017 | 82.9% |
| Q2 2017 | 84.0% |
| Q1 2017 | 84.2% |
Flags: p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 82.5% in Q1 2026.
- Since Q4 2023, when it was 80.3%, the figure has changed by +2.6 percentage points.