Structure of government debt in Europe

European Commission Eurostat

Description

2004 data
Economy and finance
Target audience: Specialised/Technical

Sujets

• Economic statistics
• Government debt

Informations

• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-EUROSTAT
• Nombre de lectures: 95
• Langue: English

Extrait

Statistics

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ECONOMY AND FINANCE

9/2006

Author

Sylvie VILLAUME

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Sub-sector breakdown ............. 2

Impact of consolidation

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Breakdown

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Breakdown by debt holder....... 4

Maturity breakdown .................. 5

Other aspects ............................ 6

St r uc t ur e of gover nm ent

debt in Eur ope

2004 dat a

This publication analyses the structure of government debt in Europe based

on a survey

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carried out during spring and summer of 2005.

Total government debt has been supplied to Eurostat in the context of the

Excessive Deficit Procedure.

At the end of 2004, the EU-25 overall government debt amounted to 63.4% of

GDP. This value is slightly over the 63.0% recorded at the end of 2003 and

the reference value of 60%.

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Figure 1: General government consolidated debt as percentage of GDP.

Source: EDP notifications.

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See methodological notes



Manuscript completed on: 23.05.2006

Data extracted on: 31.01.2006

ISSN 1024-4298

Catalogue number: KS-NJ-06-009-EN-C

© European Communities, 2006