# Euro Area Government Debt to GDP

Euro Area Government Debt to GDP was 89.3% in Q2 2026, up 0.4 percentage points from Q1 2026 and up 1.6 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 83.5% (Q4 2019) to 98.6% (Q1 2021), averaging 89.4%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EA.GOVDEBT.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: % of GDP
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (106 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/euro-area/government-debt-to-gdp

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 89.3% |
| Q1 2026 | 88.9% |
| Q4 2025 | 87.7% |
| Q3 2025 | 88.1% |
| Q2 2025 | 87.7% |
| Q1 2025 | 87.2% |
| Q4 2024 | 86.6% |
| Q3 2024 | 87.2% |
| Q2 2024 | 87.3% |
| Q1 2024 | 87.1% |
| Q4 2023 | 86.7% |
| Q3 2023 | 87.8% |
| Q2 2023 | 88.3% |
| Q1 2023 | 88.9% |
| Q4 2022 | 89.2% |
| Q3 2022 | 90.6% |
| Q2 2022 | 92.0% |
| Q1 2022 | 93.2% |
| Q4 2021 | 93.6% |
| Q3 2021 | 95.7% |
| Q2 2021 | 96.7% |
| Q1 2021 | 98.6% |
| Q4 2020 | 96.3% |
| Q3 2020 | 96.1% |

## API

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

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