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Government debt (% of GDP) / European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
General government gross debt as a share of GDP (Maastricht definition).
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Government debt (% of GDP) in European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) was 81.5 % of GDP (2025).
1.2 percentage points
Compared with a year earlier
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Data: Eurostat, dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, processed by SwedenMetrics.
Sweden · 2025
35.1 % of GDP
Data: Eurostat, dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, processed by SwedenMetrics.
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General government gross debt as a share of GDP (Maastricht definition).
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Data: Eurostat, dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, processed by SwedenMetrics.
The figures behind the chart
| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 81.5 |
| 2024 | 80.3 |
| 2023 | 80.3 |
| 2022 | 82.3 |
| 2021 | 86.6 |
| 2020 | 89.4 |
| 2019 | 77.4 |
| 2018 | 79.4 |
| 2017 | 81.5 |
| 2016 | 84 |
| 2015 | 85 |
| 2014 | 86.9 |
Data: Eurostat, dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, processed by SwedenMetrics.