Government debt, quarterly in Poland

Government debt in Poland was equal to 64.5% of GDP at the end of Q2 2026. The value for Q2 2026 is the highest in the series, which starts in Q1 2000.

Measure: Government debt, quarterly Unit: % of GDP Data: Q1 2000 to Q2 2026 Source: Eurostat
The latest value carries the source flag “Provisional”.
Poland, Q2 2026 64.5%p (Provisional) % of GDP
Change from Q1 2026 +2.9percentage points Q1 2026: 61.6%
European Union, Q2 2026 82.9%p (Provisional) Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), Q2 2026 59.4% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in Q2 2026 11th of 28 See the full ranking

Government debt, quarterly in Poland over time

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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Government debt, quarterly (% of GDP), Q1 2017 to Q2 2026
Period PolandEuropean Union
Q2 2026 64.5%p (provisional) 82.9%p (provisional)
Q1 2026 61.6%p (provisional) 82.5%p (provisional)
Q4 2025 59.7% 81.5%p (provisional)
Q3 2025 57.9% 81.7%p (provisional)
Q2 2025 57.8% 81.4%p (provisional)
Q1 2025 57.0% 81.0%p (provisional)
Q4 2024 54.8% 80.3%p (provisional)
Q3 2024 53.0% 80.8%p (provisional)
Q2 2024 52.0% 80.9%p (provisional)
Q1 2024 51.3% 80.7%p (provisional)
Q4 2023 49.5% 80.3%p (provisional)
Q3 2023 48.5% 81.1%p (provisional)
Q2 2023 48.1% 81.7%p (provisional)
Q1 2023 47.9% 82.1%p (provisional)
Q4 2022 48.8% 82.3%p (provisional)
Q3 2022 49.8% 83.4%p (provisional)
Q2 2022 50.9% 84.8%p (provisional)
Q1 2022 51.4% 86.0%p (provisional)
Q4 2021 53.0% 86.6%p (provisional)
Q3 2021 55.2% 88.6%p (provisional)
Q2 2021 56.3% 89.6%p (provisional)
Q1 2021 57.9% 91.4%p (provisional)
Q4 2020 56.6% 89.4%p (provisional)
Q3 2020 55.8% 88.9%p (provisional)
Q2 2020 54.1% 86.9%p (provisional)
Q1 2020 47.1% 79.0%p (provisional)
Q4 2019 45.2% 77.4%p (provisional)
Q3 2019 46.5% 78.9%p (provisional)
Q2 2019 47.2% 79.5%p (provisional)
Q1 2019 48.3% 79.8%p (provisional)
Q4 2018 48.2% 79.4%p (provisional)
Q3 2018 49.0% 80.6%p (provisional)
Q2 2018 50.1% 80.8%p (provisional)
Q1 2018 50.9% 81.3%p (provisional)
Q4 2017 50.4% 81.5%
Q3 2017 51.7% 82.9%
Q2 2017 53.0% 84.0%
Q1 2017 53.6% 84.2%

Flags: p provisional . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.9 percentage points from 61.6% in Q1 2026.
  • Since Q4 2023, when it was 49.5%, the figure has changed by +15.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 28 countries with data for Q2 2026, Poland has the 11th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in Q2 2026 was 82.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
gov_10q_ggdebt · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=Q unit=PC_GDP sector=S13 na_item=GD
Observation period
Q1 2000 to Q2 2026 for Poland
Provider update
21 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat