# Euro Area General government interest expenditure, quarterly (unadjusted, EUR mn)

Euro Area General government interest expenditure, quarterly (unadjusted, EUR mn) was 99,559 € million in Q2 2026, up 42.9% from Q1 2026 and up 21.0% from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since the series began in Q1 2002.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 39,738 € million (Q1 2020) to 99,559 € million (Q2 2026), averaging 58,888 € million.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EA.GOVINT.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: € million
- Coverage: 2002-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (98 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/euro-area/general-government-interest-expenditure-quarterly-unadjusted-eur-mn

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 99,559 € million |
| Q1 2026 | 69,668 € million |
| Q4 2025 | 76,707 € million |
| Q3 2025 | 74,865 € million |
| Q2 2025 | 82,263 € million |
| Q1 2025 | 67,864 € million |
| Q4 2024 | 72,893 € million |
| Q3 2024 | 73,136 € million |
| Q2 2024 | 80,670 € million |
| Q1 2024 | 60,676 € million |
| Q4 2023 | 70,986 € million |
| Q3 2023 | 62,159 € million |
| Q2 2023 | 72,325 € million |
| Q1 2023 | 47,928 € million |
| Q4 2022 | 67,799 € million |
| Q3 2022 | 53,295 € million |
| Q2 2022 | 63,086 € million |
| Q1 2022 | 45,277 € million |
| Q4 2021 | 48,817 € million |
| Q3 2021 | 42,502 € million |
| Q2 2021 | 49,211 € million |
| Q1 2021 | 41,132 € million |
| Q4 2020 | 42,548 € million |
| Q3 2020 | 44,012 € million |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.GOVINT.Q.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.GOVINT.Q.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```