Government debt, quarterly by country, Q2 2026
Consolidated gross debt of general government at the end of each quarter, as a percentage of GDP over the four quarters to that date.
28 places ranked for Q2 2026. Highest: Greece (140.8%). Lowest: Estonia (26.1%). The median is 60.0%.
Highest 10
- 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)
Lowest 10
- 28. Estonia 26.1%p (provisional)
- 27. Denmark 27.1%p (provisional)
- 26. Luxembourg 28.2%p (provisional)
- 25. Bulgaria 28.7%p (provisional)
- 24. Sweden 35.3%p (provisional)
- 23. Ireland 35.3%p (provisional)
- 22. Netherlands 43.7%p (provisional)
- 21. Lithuania 43.8%p (provisional)
- 20. Czechia 43.8%p (provisional)
- 19. Malta 47.0%p (provisional)
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Source: Eurostat.
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).
Full ranking
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for Q2 2026, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for Q2 2026 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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