A look at debt levels across the eurozone
A guide to government budget debt levels across the 17 EU countries that use the euro
Official figures showed Monday that the debt burden of the 17 European Union countries that use the euro hit an all-time high at the end of the first quarter even after austerity measures were introduced to rebalance the governments' books.
Here's a look at public debt levels in the currency bloc:
Country | Q4 2012 Debt-to-GDP ( | Q1 2013Debt-to-GDP(%) | Total Debt, Q1 2013(euros, billions) |
Austria | 73.2 | 74.2 | 231.6 |
Belgium | 99.8 | 104.5 | 394.2 |
Cyprus | 85.8 | 86.9 | 15.3 |
Estonia | 10.1 | 10.0 | 1.7 |
Finland | 53.6 | 54.8 | 105.3 |
France | 90.2 | 91.9 | 1,870.3 |
Germany | 81.9 | 81.2 | 2,150.5 |
Greece | 156.9 | 160.5 | 305.3 |
Ireland | 117.4 | 125.1 | 204.1 |
Italy | 127.0 | 130.0 | 2,034.8 |
Luxembourg | 20.8 | 22.4 | 10.0 |
Malta | 71.6 | 75.4 | 5.2 |
Netherlands | 71.3 | 72.0 | 431.4 |
Portugal | 123.8 | 127.2 | 208.3 |
Slovenia | 54.1 | 54.5 | 19.1 |
Slovakia | 52.1 | 54.9 | 39.4 |
Spain | 84.2 | 88.2 | 922.8 |
17-country eurozone | 90.6 | 92.2 | 8,750.1 |
27-country EU | 85.2 | 85.9 | 11,112.0 |
Source: Eurostat |