Public debt; debt securities, lender, valuation basis, sectors
Description
This table contains data on general government debt.
The debt is subdivided into different debt securities. For each debt instrument (type of financial instrument), the share of the different holders (lenders) shall be indicated. The debt is presented in facial value (the original debt amount) and in market value (the value at which the debt can be traded in the relevant period). In determining public debt according to EMU definitions, the facial value is used, in the National Accounts the market value.
Total debt refers to debt denominated in euros and foreign currencies.Debt denominated in a foreign currency is the debt denominated in a currency other than euro, but converted into euro.
The data in this table are consolidated. This means that mutual flows are eliminated. As a result, the debt of the sub-sectors does not add up to the debt of the general government sector. Debts from, for example, the social security funds to the national government form part of the debts of the social security funds. They do not count towards the debt of the government sector. These are debts that the government owes to the government.
The terms used are in line with the National Accounts. The national accounts are based on the international definitions of the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010). There may be temporary differences with the publications of the National Accounts due to the fact that the published figures of the government accounts are sometimes more up-to-date.
Data available from:
Annual data from 1995 onwards, quarterly data from 1999 onwards.
Status of figures:
The figures in this table have definitive status for the period 1995-2022. The figures for 2023 and 2024 are provisional.
Changes as of 24 June 2024:
Figures for the first quarter of 2024 are available.
The figures for 2022 are now final.
As part of the revision policy of the National Accounts, the annual figures from 1995 and the quarterly figures from the first quarter of 1999 have been revised.
When will there be new figures?
The first figures of the most recent quarter are published three months after the end of a quarter. The first quarter can then be adjusted in September, the second quarter in December and the first three quarters in March. The first annual figures shall be published three months after the end of the reporting year. Subsequently, the annual figures are adjusted twice: six and eighteen months after the end of the reporting year. In addition, interim updates may take place to provide the European Commission with the most up-to-date government data at the end of March and the end of September. The data for the quarters are linked to the adjusted annual figures. The updated annual and quarterly figures are published at the end of June each year. Information on the revision policy of National Accounts can be found under section 3 'relevant articles'.