Euro area government debt reaches 88.8% of GDP at Q2 end - Fibre2Fashion

Compared with the second quarter of 2025, the government debt-to-GDP ratio increased in both areas: from 87.3 per cent to 88.8 per cent in the euro area and from 81.4 per cent to 82.9 per cent in the EU. Debt securities accounted for 84.5 per cent of general government debt in the euro area and 83.9 per cent in the EU at the end of the second quarter of 2026. Loans made up 13.1 per cent in the euro area and 13.8 per cent in the EU, while currency and deposits accounted for 2.4 per cent in both areas. Intergovernmental lending (IGL) as a share of GDP stood at 1.3 per cent in the euro area and 1.1 per cent in the EU, the Eurostat said in a press release.