Government debt, quarterly
Consolidated gross debt of general government at the end of each quarter, as a percentage of GDP over the four quarters to that date.
Highest in Q2 2026
140.8%p (provisional)
Greece
Lowest in Q2 2026
26.1%p (provisional)
Estonia
Countries ranked for Q2 2026
28
Updated by the source on 21 October 2026
28 countries have a value for Q2 2026, the latest period in the data.
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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 82.9%p (provisional) | 63.4%p (provisional) | 119.1%p (provisional) | 101.4%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2026 | 82.5%p (provisional) | 63.5%p (provisional) | 117.7%p (provisional) | 101.4%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2025 | 81.5%p (provisional) | 62.8%p (provisional) | 115.7% | 100.5% |
| Q3 2025 | 81.7%p (provisional) | 62.2%p (provisional) | 117.3% | 103.0% |
| Q2 2025 | 81.4%p (provisional) | 61.4%p (provisional) | 115.4% | 103.2% |
| Q1 2025 | 81.0%p (provisional) | 61.2%p (provisional) | 113.6% | 103.1% |
| Q4 2024 | 80.3%p (provisional) | 61.4%p (provisional) | 112.6% | 101.4% |
| Q3 2024 | 80.8%p (provisional) | 61.3%p (provisional) | 113.1% | 104.0% |
| Q2 2024 | 80.9%p (provisional) | 60.9%p (provisional) | 111.8% | 105.1% |
| Q1 2024 | 80.7%p (provisional) | 61.5%p (provisional) | 110.2% | 106.3% |
| Q4 2023 | 80.3%p (provisional) | 61.8%p (provisional) | 109.5% | 105.3% |
| Q3 2023 | 81.1%p (provisional) | 62.8%p (provisional) | 111.1% | 107.4% |
| Q2 2023 | 81.7%p (provisional) | 62.6%p (provisional) | 111.3% | 108.8% |
| Q1 2023 | 82.1%p (provisional) | 63.6%p (provisional) | 111.9% | 108.9% |
| Q4 2022 | 82.3%p (provisional) | 64.1%p (provisional) | 111.4% | 109.3% |
| Q3 2022 | 83.4%p (provisional) | 64.8%p (provisional) | 113.1% | 112.1% |
| Q2 2022 | 84.8%p (provisional) | 65.6%p (provisional) | 112.9% | 112.9% |
| Q1 2022 | 86.0%p (provisional) | 65.9%p (provisional) | 114.4% | 114.6% |
| Q4 2021 | 86.6%p (provisional) | 67.4%p (provisional) | 112.8% | 115.7% |
| Q3 2021 | 88.6%p (provisional) | 67.4%p (provisional) | 115.3% | 119.4% |
| Q2 2021 | 89.6%p (provisional) | 67.7%p (provisional) | 114.3% | 121.2% |
| Q1 2021 | 91.4%p (provisional) | 68.2%p (provisional) | 117.7% | 124.2% |
| Q4 2020 | 89.4%p (provisional) | 67.5%p (provisional) | 114.9% | 119.3% |
| Q3 2020 | 88.9%p (provisional) | 68.0%p (provisional) | 115.3% | 116.5% |
| Q2 2020 | 86.9%p (provisional) | 65.5%p (provisional) | 113.0% | 112.6% |
| Q1 2020 | 79.0%p (provisional) | 59.5%p (provisional) | 101.2% | 101.3% |
| Q4 2019 | 77.4%p (provisional) | 58.3%p (provisional) | 98.2% | 97.7% |
| Q3 2019 | 78.9%p (provisional) | 59.6%p (provisional) | 100.0% | 99.6% |
| Q2 2019 | 79.5%p (provisional) | 59.7%p (provisional) | 99.2% | 100.6% |
| Q1 2019 | 79.8%p (provisional) | 60.3%p (provisional) | 99.5% | 100.6% |
| Q4 2018 | 79.4%p (provisional) | 60.5%p (provisional) | 98.5% | 99.8% |
| Q3 2018 | 80.6%p (provisional) | 61.3%p (provisional) | 99.6% | 101.2% |
| Q2 2018 | 80.8%p (provisional) | 61.6%p (provisional) | 99.4% | 101.1% |
| Q1 2018 | 81.3%p (provisional) | 62.6%p (provisional) | 99.4% | 101.7% |
| Q4 2017 | 81.5% | 63.7% | 98.8% | 101.2% |
| Q3 2017 | 82.9% | 65.0% | 100.3% | 101.8% |
| Q2 2017 | 84.0% | 65.9% | 101.2% | 102.6% |
| Q1 2017 | 84.2% | 66.5% | 100.5% | 102.9% |
Flags: p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 28 countries with a value for Q2 2026, the highest is Greece (140.8%) and the lowest Estonia (26.1%).
- Half of the countries are above 60.0% and half below.
- From Q1 2026 to Q2 2026 the value rose in 16 countries and fell in 11.
- The figure for the European Union was 82.9% in Q2 2026, against 89.6% in Q2 2021 (−6.7 percentage points).
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All countries in Q2 2026 Every value is for Q2 2026, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Greece 140.8%p (provisional)
- 2 Italy 139.9%p (provisional)
- 3 France 119.1%p (provisional)
- 4 Belgium 110.2%p (provisional)
- 5 Spain 101.4%p (provisional)
- 6 Portugal 92.5%p (provisional)
- 7 Finland 90.2%p (provisional)
- 8 Austria 83.6%p (provisional)
- 9 Hungary 75.6%p (provisional)
- 10 Slovenia 64.7%p (provisional)
- 11 Poland 64.5%p (provisional)
- 12 Germany 63.4%p (provisional)
- 13 Norway 60.8%p (provisional)
- 14 Slovakia 60.6%p (provisional)
- 15 Romania 59.4%p (provisional)
- 16 Croatia 56.2%p (provisional)
- 17 Cyprus 48.5%p (provisional)
- 18 Latvia 48.0%p (provisional)
- 19 Malta 47.0%p (provisional)
- 20 Czechia 43.8%p (provisional)
- 21 Lithuania 43.8%p (provisional)
- 22 Netherlands 43.7%p (provisional)
- 23 Ireland 35.3%p (provisional)
- 24 Sweden 35.3%p (provisional)
- 25 Bulgaria 28.7%p (provisional)
- 26 Luxembourg 28.2%p (provisional)
- 27 Denmark 27.1%p (provisional)
- 28 Estonia 26.1%p (provisional)
- European Union 82.9%p (provisional)
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