Bernard Durkan
Question:132. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the extent to which Ireland's total debt and current debt compare with other European countries. [29376/18]
View answerWednesday, 4 July 2018
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The following table outlines the government consolidated gross debt for the 28 Member States for 2017.
General Government Gross Debt (GG Debt) is defined in the EU regulations implementing the Maastricht Treaty as the gross debt liabilities of the consolidated General Government sector, at nominal value. ‘Consolidated’ means that any money owed by one entity within General Government to another is excluded from the total GG Debt.
Also included in the table is the percentage of debt to the relevant country's GDP.
Government consolidated gross debt, 2017
|
Country |
€ million |
% of GDP |
|
European Union (current composition) |
12,504,713 |
81.6 |
|
Belgium |
452,170 |
103.1 |
|
Bulgaria |
12,815 |
25.4 |
|
Czech Republic |
68,500 |
34.6 |
|
Denmark |
104,895 |
36.4 |
|
Germany |
2,092,643 |
64.1 |
|
Estonia |
2,066 |
9.0 |
|
Ireland |
201,294 |
68.0 |
|
Greece |
317,407 |
178.6 |
|
Spain |
1,144,298 |
98.3 |
|
France |
2,218,436 |
97.0 |
|
Croatia |
38,080 |
78.0 |
|
Italy |
2,263,056 |
131.8 |
|
Cyprus |
18,725 |
97.5 |
|
Latvia |
10,782 |
40.1 |
|
Lithuania |
16,632 |
39.7 |
|
Luxembourg |
12,709 |
23.0 |
|
Hungary |
90,535 |
73.6 |
|
Malta |
5,643 |
50.8 |
|
Netherlands |
416,067 |
56.7 |
|
Austria |
289,490 |
78.4 |
|
Poland |
240,220 |
50.6 |
|
Portugal |
242,620 |
125.7 |
|
Romania |
64,565 |
35.0 |
|
Slovenia |
31,860 |
73.6 |
|
Slovakia |
43,227 |
50.9 |
|
Finland |
137,286 |
61.4 |
|
Sweden |
189,961 |
40.6 |
|
United Kingdom |
2,013,316 |
87.7 |