The latest official general government figures for Euro area, as stored in Bullion API’s scheduled cache. Each figure shows its own period. Cached, not live.
Each figure keeps the government scope and definition its publisher uses. Scopes, periods and definitions differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and the euro area, so these figures are not comparable across geographies.
| Measure | Latest cached value | Period | Government scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross debt, year endEuro area (Eurostat aggregate EA21: the fixed composition of the 21 member states in the euro area from 2026, back-calculated for earlier periods): general-government consolidated gross debt (ESA 2010 code GD, Maastricht debt at nominal value) outstanding at 31 December, in millions of euro, from Eurostat's annual Excessive Deficit Procedure notification data. | €13,945,707.90 million | General government | |
| Gross debt, quarter endEuro area (Eurostat aggregate EA21: the fixed composition of the 21 member states in the euro area from 2026, back-calculated for earlier periods): general-government consolidated gross debt (ESA 2010 code GD at nominal value) outstanding at the end of the quarter, in millions of euro, from Eurostat's quarterly government debt data. Recent quarters are published as provisional and revised later. | €14,243,538.60 million | General government | |
| Gross debt to GDP, year endEuro area (Eurostat aggregate EA21: the fixed composition of the 21 member states in the euro area from 2026, back-calculated for earlier periods): general-government consolidated gross debt at 31 December as a percentage of gross domestic product at current market prices for that calendar year, as published by Eurostat in its annual Excessive Deficit Procedure notification data. A Eurostat-published ratio, not a Bullion API calculation. | 87.40% of GDP | General government | |
| Gross debt to GDP, quarter endEuro area (Eurostat aggregate EA21: the fixed composition of the 21 member states in the euro area from 2026, back-calculated for earlier periods): general-government consolidated gross debt at the end of the quarter as a percentage of gross domestic product, as published by Eurostat in its quarterly government debt data. A Eurostat-published ratio, not a Bullion API calculation. Recent quarters are published as provisional and revised later. | 88.90% of GDP | General government |
| Measure | Latest cached value | Period | Government scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net lending (+) or borrowing (-), yearEuro area (Eurostat aggregate EA21: the fixed composition of the 21 member states in the euro area from 2026, back-calculated for earlier periods): general-government net lending (+) or net borrowing (-) (ESA 2010 code B9) for the calendar year, in millions of euro, from Eurostat's annual Excessive Deficit Procedure notification data. A negative value is net borrowing (a deficit); a positive value is net lending (a surplus). | -€466,127.00 million | General government | |
| Net lending (+) or borrowing (-), quarterEuro area (Eurostat aggregate EA21: the fixed composition of the 21 member states in the euro area from 2026, back-calculated for earlier periods): general-government net lending (+) or net borrowing (-) (ESA 2010 code B9) for the calendar quarter, not seasonally adjusted, in millions of euro, from Eurostat's quarterly non-financial accounts for general government. A negative value is net borrowing (a deficit); a positive value is net lending (a surplus). | -€164,725.60 million | General government |
| Measure | Latest cached value | Period | Government scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest expenditure, yearEuro area (Eurostat aggregate EA21: the fixed composition of the 21 member states in the euro area from 2026, back-calculated for earlier periods): general-government interest expenditure (ESA 2010 code D.41 payable, accrual basis) for the calendar year, in millions of euro, from Eurostat's annual Excessive Deficit Procedure notification data. Reported as a positive amount. | €303,676.70 million | General government | |
| Interest expenditure, quarterEuro area (Eurostat aggregate EA21: the fixed composition of the 21 member states in the euro area from 2026, back-calculated for earlier periods): general-government interest expenditure (ESA 2010 code D.41 payable, accrual basis) for the calendar quarter, not seasonally adjusted, in millions of euro, from Eurostat's quarterly non-financial accounts for general government. Reported as a positive amount. | €69,730.20 million | General government |
Source: Eurostat, government finance statistics
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GET /v1/government-finance/eu returns the latest stored observation for each series as decimal strings, with its scope, unit, period and definition. It is available on every plan, including the free plan for non-commercial use.