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-Q2 · population: 2026
Rank
Country
Debt / GDP
1.
Greece
EL
140.8 %
2.
Italy
IT
139.9 %
3.
France
FR
119.1 %
4.
Belgium
BE
110.2 %
5.
Spain
ES
101.4 %
6.
Portugal
PT
92.5 %
7.
Finland
FI
90.2 %
8.
Austria
AT
83.6 %
9.
Hungary
HU
75.6 %
10.
Slovenia
SI
64.7 %
11.
Poland
PL
64.5 %
12.
Germany
DE
63.4 %
13.
Slovakia
SK
60.6 %
14.
Romania
RO
59.4 %
15.
Croatia
HR
56.2 %
16.
Cyprus
CY
48.5 %
17.
Latvia
LV
48 %
18.
Malta
MT
47 %
19.
Czechia
CZ
43.8 %
20.
Lithuania
LT
43.8 %
21.
Netherlands
NL
43.7 %
22.
Ireland
IE
35.3 %
23.
Sweden
SE
35.3 %
24.
Bulgaria
BG
28.7 %
25.
Luxembourg
LU
28.2 %
26.
Denmark
DK
27.1 %
27.
Estonia
EE
26.1 %
Debt per capita is a statistical calculation of total public debt divided by the population. It is not a personal liability of an individual.
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