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Government Debt as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the European Union and Eurozone from 2000 to 2025

Characteristic	EU Average	Eurozone Average
2025	81.7%	88%
2024	80.7%	87.2%
2023	80.5%	87.1%
2022	82.4%	89.4%
2021	86.7%	93.9%
2020	89.5%	96.6%
2019	77.5%	83.7%
2018	79.8%	86.1%
2017	81.9%	88.1%
2016	84.3%	90.4%
2015	85.1%	91.3%
2014	86.9%	93.2%
2013	86.8%	93%
2012	85%	91%
2011	81.8%	87.5%
2010	80.4%	85.6%
2009	75.7%	80.1%
2008	65%	69.6%
2007	62.3%	65.9%
2006	65%	68.3%
2005	67.1%	70.3%
2004	67%	69.6%
2003	66.7%	69.3%
2002	65.4%	68%
2001	65.6%	68%
2000	66.4%	69%

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April 2026

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Europe, EU

Survey time period

2000 to 2025

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The EU average excludes the United Kingdom, which left the European Union in 2020.

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The average level of government debt to GDP ratios in the European Union and the Euro currency area increased rapidly following the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 and subsequent recession, peaking in the Eurozone at 93.2 percent of GDP in 2014. This figure was exceeded once more in 2020 due to increased borrowing related to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Eurozone average reaching 96.6 percent of yearly production. Since then, the ratio has gradually decreased to 88 percent in 2025.

The debt to GDP ratio measures the stock of government debt which is yet to be paid off, in relation to the Gross Domestic Product of a country or region, which is the monetary value of goods and services produced and sold in a year. This ratio gives a clearer picture of debt sustainability than by looking at the absolute value of debt, as a country with a large economy may be able to easily pay off debts that seem large in absolute terms, but are in fact small in comparison to GDP.