Government debt

For the budgetary notification to the European Commission at the end of March 2021 (notification of government deficit/surplus and government debt in connection with the Maastricht convergence criteria), Statistics Austria calculated the data for the year 2020 in accordance with the regulations of the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010)

In 2020, government debt increased by 13.4 percentage points to 83.9% of GDP in relative terms and increased by €34.8 bn to €315.2 bn (2019: €280.3 bn) in absolute terms, of which €1.7 bn were currencies and deposits, €266.5 bn were recorded as debt securities and €46.9 bn as loans.

Government Debt, annual figures
Government Debt by Subsectors and Länder, annual figures
Quarterly Government Debt, 1st Quarter 2000 - 4th Quarter 2020

Quarterly statistics on public finance from 1999/2000
A. Quarterly revenue and expenditure of general government
B. Quarterly government debt (PDF, 228 KB)


30.12.2020	Government debt amounted to €300.2 bn or 79.1% of GDP at the end of September 2020	70 KB
30.06.2020	Quarterly government debt at the end of March 2020 rose by €8.7 bn compared to the end of 2019	82 KB

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