EUROPEAN UNION

Public debt ranking

Comparison of all 27 European Union countries using Eurostat and ECB data.

Countries are ranked by their public debt-to-GDP ratio.

Debt: 2026-Q1 · population: 2026

Rank Country Debt / GDP
1. Greece EL 143.5 % 2. Italy IT 138.9 % 3. France FR 117.6 % 4. Belgium BE 109.1 % 5. Spain ES 101.6 % 6. Portugal PT 91 % 7. Finland FI 89.7 % 8. Austria AT 83.3 % 9. Hungary HU 77.7 % 10. Slovenia SI 64.8 % 11. Germany DE 64.4 % 12. Slovakia SK 62.5 % 13. Poland PL 61.6 % 14. Romania RO 60.1 % 15. Croatia HR 58.4 % 16. Cyprus CY 54.6 % 17. Latvia LV 46.9 % 18. Malta MT 45.9 % 19. Czechia CZ 44.1 % 20. Netherlands NL 43.8 % 21. Lithuania LT 42.3 % 22. Ireland IE 37 % 23. Sweden SE 34.9 % 24. Luxembourg LU 29.2 % 25. Bulgaria BG 28.5 % 26. Denmark DK 26.8 % 27. Estonia EE 25.2 %

Debt per capita is a statistical calculation of total public debt divided by the population. It is not a personal liability of an individual.

27 COUNTRIES

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