Reference metadata describe statistical concepts and methodologies used for the collection and generation of data. They provide information on data quality and, since they are strongly content-oriented, assist users in interpreting the data. Reference metadata, unlike structural metadata, can be decoupled from the data.
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
1.2. Contact organisation unit
ESTAT Unit D1: Excessive deficit procedure, methodology and GFS
1.3. Contact name
Confidential because of GDPR
1.4. Contact person function
Confidential because of GDPR
1.5. Contact mail address
2920 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG
1.6. Contact email address
Confidential because of GDPR
1.7. Contact phone number
Confidential because of GDPR
1.8. Contact fax number
Confidential because of GDPR
2.1. Metadata last certified
22 January 2026
2.2. Metadata last posted
22 January 2026
2.3. Metadata last update
22 January 2026
3.1. Data description
'Quarterly government debt' is defined as the total gross debt at nominal value outstanding at the end of each quarter for the general government sector (ref. Regulation (EU) No 549/2013, Annex B transmission programme, definition of general government sector ESA 2010 §2.111).
Data are measured in million Euro, million of national currency units, percentage of GDP and percentage of total consolidated debt.
Data cover EU Member States, Iceland and Norway.
Quarterly data on government debt is provided according to the provisions of the European System of Accounts ESA 2010 (Regulation (EU) No 549/2013).
Data is transmitted by national authorities (National Statistical Institutes, National Central Banks or Ministries of Finance).
3.2. Classification system
ESA2010 standards are used as regards the coverage of financial instruments. Quarterly general government gross debt follows the definition of Maastricht debt as regards valuation - data is at face value.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Data covers the general government sector as defined in ESA 2010, §2.111, as well as its subsectors: central government, state government (where applicable), local government and social security funds (where applicable). For a definition of the subsectors of general government, please refer to ESA2010, §2.112.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
General government debt is one of the convergence criteria of the Maastricht Treaty used for monitoring the economic situation of a Member State. The Maastricht debt is defined as the debt at the end of the year. In order to follow the latest trends, Member States are required to provide debt data on a quarterly basis.
'Quarterly government debt' is defined as the total gross debt at face value outstanding at the end of each quarter for the general government sector and its subesctors.
Member States provide a breakdown of the general government debt using ESA 2010 definitions:
by instrument; The main instruments are: currency and deposits (AF.2) with further breakdowns into currency (AF.21) and deposits (AF.22, AF.29), debt securities (AF.3) with a breakdown into short-term (AF.31) and long-term (AF.32) debt securities, and loans (AF.4) with a breakdown into short-term loans (AF.41) and long-term loans (AF.42),
by government sector: central government (S.1311), state government (S.1312), local government (S.1313), social security funds (S.1314).
The tables contain debt figures expressed in national currency, converted into euro, and as a percentage of the GDP and of the total consolidated debt for the Member State.
Some countries provide additional data such as the currency denomination of general government gross debt (domestic/foreign), a split between domestic and non-resident creditors and a breakdown by remaining maturity.
3.5. Statistical unit
Not available.
3.6. Statistical population
Not available.
3.7. Reference area
EU and euro area aggregates, EU Member States, Iceland and Norway.
The Regulation applies to EEA countries.
3.8. Coverage - Time
Data starts from the first quarter of 2000, however the lengths of series vary according to country and instrument.
3.9. Base period
Not available.
Data is measured in million Euro, million of national currency units and in percentage of GDP and of total consolidated debt.
For euro area countries, for reference periods prior to accession of the country to the euro area, data in national currency are expressed in euro-fixed, that is the former national currency divided by the irrevocable exchange rate.
The quarterly general government debt refers to the debt at the end of each quarter. For non euro area Member States, the debt expressed in euro is converted using the exchange rate at the last working day of the quarter.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
National accounts are compiled in accordance with the European System of Accounts (ESA2010) adopted in the form of a EU Regulation (EU) No 549/2013, dated 21 May 2013.
Quarterly government debt data is compiled with reference to the ESA2010 Regulation.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
Not available.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
Not available.
8.1. Release calendar
The Eurostat release calendar is available in this webpage. The database is updated according to this release calendar. In general, data are released at around t+113 days after the end of the quarter. Revised data received from countries is also processed between the main release dates.
8.2. Release calendar access
The access to the release calendar is public.
8.3. Release policy - user access
In line with the Community legal framework and the European Statistics Code of Practice, Eurostat disseminates European statistics on Eurostat's website (see item 10 - 'Accessibility and clarity') respecting professional independence and in an objective, professional and transparent manner in which all users are treated equitably. The detailed arrangements are governed by the Eurostat protocol on impartial access to Eurostat data for users.
This is complemented by articles on Statistics Explained and the quarterly summary GFS tables as available on Statistics Explained and the dedicated section on the Eurostat website.
A compliance monitoring has been carried out during 2012, with good results.
Moreover, quarterly government debt has been the subject of an internal Eurostat rolling review, with very good results.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
Timeliness and punctuality of the data are very good. Moreover, data are comparable and consistent for all European Union countries due to the use of ESA2010 concepts.
Data are in general entirely consistent with data notified under the Excessive Deficit Procedure.
Internal consistency and plausibility as well as consistency with other datasets such as quarterly financial accounts for general government and EDP data is verified prior to validation.
Due to consistency with EDP data, quarterly government debt can be considered to benefit from the additional verification and quality assurance processes in place for EDP data.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
Not available.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Not available.
12.3. Completeness
All data required by the regulation is provided to Eurostat.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
Not available.
13.2. Sampling error
Not available.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Not available.
14.1. Timeliness
Data is transmitted by Member States to Eurostat within three months after the end of the quarter to which it refers to.
14.2. Punctuality
All countries send data by the deadline of t+3 months after the end of reference quarter.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
Data are fully comparable across countries.
15.2. Comparability - over time
Data are fully comparable along time.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
National data may be available from official national sources as well.
15.4. Coherence - internal
Full coherence.
Not available.
17.1. Data revision - policy
To further specify the general Eurostat revision policy, the following revision policy has been established for government finance statistics.
Revision policy is set at the level of national authorities. In general, the data are revised for the latest years according to change from preliminary to half-finalised and final data sources. The complete time series can be revised due to changes in the methodology or methods of data compilation, correction of errors or in case of major and benchmark revisions. Revisions are accepted at any time and following validation, data is the republished for the country and EU / euro area aggregates concerned.
Revisions are broadly classified in 3 categories:
current revisions, occuring each quarter and mainly affecting the past quarters of the same year;
major regular revisions taking place on a regular basis to incorporate results of changes in surveys and/or in estimation procedures, of new basic data sources, integrating the results of new censuses and/or of new estimation methods;
major occasional revisions deriving from major methodological changes in national accounts, like changes in concepts and definitions and/or in the classifications used (examples are the adoption of a new accounting system - like in September 2014 the introduction of ESA2010 - or the use of a new nomenclature).
17.2. Data revision - practice
Data revisions may occur at any time. Major changes in methodology are the result of legislation, and therefore announced in the Official Journal. However, some changes may be implemented beforehand on the basis of gentlemen's agreements.
All reported errors (once validated) result in corrections of the disseminated data.
Reported errors are corrected in the disseminated data as soon as the correct data have been validated.
Data for specific countries may be published even if they are missing for other countries or flagged as provisional. They are replaced with final data once transmitted and validated. European aggregates are recalculated every time new data is published and are released simultaneously.
Whenever new data are provided and validated, the already disseminated data are updated.
In routine revisions, the length of the time series revised is country-specific and depends on the relevance of source data updates. .
Within each GFS table, aggregates and components are revised at the same time. Between different GFS tables, the update schedule for routine revisions may differ.
As part of routine revisions, temporal consistency (annual/quarterly) is usually established at coinciding transmission deadlines.
While the revision calendar for government finance statistics is described by the scheduled releases indicated on the Eurostat website, revisions can occur at any time.
The impact of routine and major revisions is analysed prior to data validation and documented in metadata in case of notable changes.
Notable time series breaks caused by changes in data sources or incomplete application of a methodological change are flagged. Major revisions remove such breaks in series as far as feasible. .
Major revisions are documented internally and described in metadata and data releases in broad terms.
Coordinated major revisions are pre-announced, though individual countries may undertake additional major revisions. In addition, before and during implementation, major revisions in national accounts are communicated.
18.1. Source data
Data are transmitted by national statistical authorities (National Statistical Institutes, National Central Banks or Ministries of Finance). The type of survey used is a census.
The countries provide a breakdown of the general government debt using ESA2010 definitions:
by instrument: currency and deposits (AF.2, currency AF.21, deposits AF.22, AF.29), debt securities (AF.3, short-term AF.31, long-term AF.32) and loans (AF.4, short-term AF.41, long-term AF.42),
by general government sector: central government (S.1311), state government (S.1312), local government (S.1313) and social security funds (S.1314).
The tables contain debt figures expressed in national currency, converted into euro, and as a percentage of the GDP and of the total consolidated debt for the Member State.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
Quarterly
18.3. Data collection
The collection of the data is carried out with the use of the relevant reporting table of the ESA2010 transmission programme (Table 2800 - Quarterly government debt) and an additional questionaire (Table 2899 - Intergovernmental lending), completed by national statistical authorities.
Once data is compiled by national statistical authorities, it is transmitted in the reporting format via eDAMIS to Eurostat.
18.4. Data validation
The consistency of aggregated data with its subcomponents is verified and validated before publication. Debt at the end of the fourth quarter of each year is validated against annual data provided for the EU excessive deficit procedure. Additional verifications are undertaken for consolidation, general plausibility as well as comparison with other data sets. Annual Excessive Deficit Procedure data, next to be published in April 2025, are the subject of a thorough verification by Eurostat.
18.5. Data compilation
The data represents stock of quarterly government debt (and its components currency and deposits, debt securities and loans) at face value outstanding at the end of the quarter.
For EU and euro area aggregates, the quarterly debt for each Member States is converted into Euro using the exchange rates at the end of the quarter. For flow data, such as GDP, average exchange rates are used. The EU aggregates, denominated in euro, can fluctuate as a result of exchange rate movements between the euro and other EU currencies.
For Croatia, which joined the euro area from 1 January 2023, the euro-fixed for periods up to the fourth quarter of 2022 is used, i.e. HRK divided by the irrevocable exchange rate.
Due to the involvement of EU Member States' governments in lending to certain Member States, quarterly data on intergovernmental lending (IGL) are also published. For the purpose of proper consolidation of general government debt and to provide users with information, Eurostat publishes data on government loans to / partly deposits with other EU governments and these loans have been deducted from euro area and EU debt starting from the first quarter of 2009. By convention, this consolidation is done in long-term loans of central government.
The valuation basis is the stock of loans at nominal value outstanding at end of each quarter. From the first quarter of 2011 onwards, the bilateral intergovernmental lending figures relate mainly to lending to Greece, Ireland and Portugal and include loans made by the European Financial Stability Facility (see Eurostat decision regarding EFSF).
A methodological change as regards the statistical recording of deferred interest on EFSF loans affecting the face value of general government gross debt was implemented by Greece, following Eurostat’s advice. This change also affected the EFSF guarantors.
18.6. Adjustment
Data is not adjusted.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and high energy prices:
Since the first quarter of 2020, Member States have implemented COVID-19 containment measures. In all quarters of 2022 and 2023, the impact of the measures to mitigate the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic had a significantly lower impact than in quarters of 2020 and 2021, however, government revenue and expenditure were impacted by the measures undertaken by most Member States to alleviate the impact of increasing energy prices. In 2024 and the first three quarters of 2025, such measures have a much lower impact than in preceding quarters. All quarterly government finance statistics data for the first three quarters of 2025 have been labelled provisional.
More country-specific metadata can also be found in the metadata file for the quarterly non-financial accounts of general government.
Metadata notes on quarterly government finance statistics
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION / ACCESSION OF CROATIA TO THE EURO AREA:
Up to 31 December 2022, the euro area (EA19) included Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland. From 1 January 2023 the euro area (EA20) also includes Croatia. From 1 January 2026, the euro area (EA21) also includes Bulgaria.
The aggregate data series commented on in these publications refer to the official composition of the euro area in the most recent quarter for which data is available. Thus, news releases and other publications with data for quarters up to the fourth quarter of 2022 commented on EA19 series, releases with data up to the fourth quarter of 2025 comment on EA20 series, while releases with data for the first quarter of 2026 onwards will comment on EA21 series.
On the Eurostat public database, both EA19, EA20 and EA21 are published.
Croatian data in million of national currency refers to euro-fixed for periods up to the fourth quarter of 2022, i.e. HRK divided by the irrevocable exchange rate. Bulgarian data in million of national currency refers to euro-fixed for periods up to the fourth quarter of 2025, i.e. BGN divided by the irrevocable exchange rate.
BELGIUM: The VAT revenue (D.211r) reported does not currently capture VAT refunds of February 2025. The VAT revenue data reported in the first three quarters of 2025 has a break in series compared to previous quarters.
BULGARIA: A capital injection into Bulgarian Energy Holdings (BEH) in the amount of BGN 1500 million / EUR 766 million is currently being analysed by the Bulgarian Statistical Authorities and preliminarily recorded as an equity injection (F.5A).
DENMARK: The difference between loan liabilities at nominal and face value is being verified by the Danish Statistical Authorities. Several other economic flows in recent quarters are being investigated by the Danish Statistical Authorities.
GERMANY: From 2018Q1 onwards, the statistical discrepancy between B.9 and B.9f is no longer included in F.8 assets, but rather visible in the difference between B.9 and B.9f. The previous treatment led to a misrepresentation of stocks in AF.8 on the asset side.
IRELAND: In 2014, the sector classification of the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) was reviewed as part of ESA2010 implementation. As it did not meet the institutional unit criteria, it was reclassified from S.1314 to S.1311. Subsequently, as only one other Member State did not present S.1314, Ireland was requested by Eurostat in the 2019 Excessive Deficit Procedure Dialogue Visit to reflect on reporting the SIF in S.1314 in order to harmonise practices with other Member States.
The CSO is in agreement with Eurostat that presenting the S.1314 sub-sector would facilitate harmonisation and comparability with other Member States. With the 2024Q1 quarterly GFS reporting, Ireland has implemented the subsector with the time series now extended back to 1995Q1. This change has no impact on the aggregate data rather S.1311 is reduced by the amounts now shown in S.1314.
GREECE: D.9PAY for 2013Q2 is mainly due to amounts transferred by Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF, classified in S.13), in particular to NBG, Eurobank and Alpha Bank for recapitalisation purposes as well as amounts for the resolution of First Business Bank.
D.9PAY for 2012Q3 is mainly due to amounts transferred by Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF, classified in S.13), in particular its transfer to Piraeus Bank (classified in S.12) to cover the funding gap between the assets and liabilities of Agricultural Bank of Greece that were transferred to Piraeus Bank. D.9PAY is due to amounts transferred by HFSF to S.12, in particular for the resolution case of New Post Bank as well as for the share capital increase of New Post Bank.
Since October 2015, Eurostat had not published ESA table 27 for Greece. Following the progress in alignment of the data and strong commitment by the Bank of Greece to eliminate all remaining differences, in July 2019 Eurostat has resumed publication of the quarterly financial accounts of general government of Greece. The remaining differences are under investigation and are expected to be resolved with the next transmission rounds.
FRANCE: In 2019Q1, non-seasonally adjusted data on taxes on income (D.51REC) decreases strongly due to a change in seasonality. For this reason, the evolution of the seasonally adjusted data differs significantly. Such changes in seasonality are technically complicated to model, hence the seasonally and seasonally and calendar adjusted data for 2019Q1 should be interpreted with caution. The changes in seasonality are primarily due to a new system in the collection of personal income tax (introduction of advance payments and retention at source) and the early repayment of a tax credit in January, introduced in 2019.
CROATIA: For the years 1995-2001, there are differences in the recording practice of specific transactions due to missing data. This refers for example to time-adjustment of taxes and social contributions, which are cash, based.
CYPRUS: The net lending / net borrowing for the third quarter of 2018 includes the impact from the restructuring of the Cyprus Cooperative Bank Ltd (CCB) - sale of the good parts of CCB and the subsequent integration of the remaining public financial defeasance structure into general government accounts. The negative revision on public deficit in 2019 and 2020Q1 is due to a methodological adjustment relating to the activities of KEDIPES (Cyprus Asset Management Company). Specifically, the debt to asset swaps resulting from loan settlements are currently recorded as acquisitions of non-financial assets (fixed assets and land) increasing government expenditure. Any future sale of these fixed assets will have a positive impact on net lending / net borrowing.
As part of the 2024 harmonised benchmark revision, the Sewage Disposal Boards are reclassified into the Local Government Subsector (S.1313) from 1995 onwards.
LATVIA: For the period 1995-2006, D.91REC is included in P.11_P.12.
For AF.5 assets there is a break in time series in 1st quarter of 2020 due to the change in the valuation method of equity and investment fund shares.
MALTA: The quarterly financial accounts from 1999Q1 to 2003Q4 were compiled for the first time in September 2020. The data sources covering this period were lacking and thus the data had to be estimated using the financial annual stocks data. For AF.3L and AF.4L, data from the Government’s Comparative Return has been used, while the OEF has been estimated accordingly. The data is to be considered as provisional and revisions are possible in following quarterly publications.
Following changes in one of main data source, the National Statistics Office experienced issues concerning the statistical discrepancy between the non-financial and financial accounts. High quarterly discrepancies were registered in 2020Q1 and Q2 though on annual basis – for 2020 – these discrepancies have almost outweighed each other. Further examination is necessary and this will lead to revisions in the financial accounts and a reduced discrepancy.
A guarantee call, initially expected to be recorded in the third quarter of 2025, is not yet reflected in the data.
POLAND: D.5REC, D.995: series break between 2000 and 2001 due to the change in method of recording taxes (time-adjusted cash method introduced for personal and corporate income taxes)
SLOVAKIA: Task of benchmark revision 2024 was to implement the adjustment of recording of payments from health insurance companies to health care providers classified in S.13 for years prior to 2017 (from 2005). The transaction is reclassified from D632PAY to another current transfer (D74) within the general government sector and is consolidated. There is a break in time series related to the recording of payment of health insurance companies to health care providers classified in S.13 prior to 2005.
The recording of receivables and payables in relation to EU funded expenditure in other accounts receivable (AF.8A) and other accounts payable (AF.8L) is being reviewed by the Slovak statistical authorities. Revisions are expected to impact the level of AF.8A and AF.8L but not net financial transactions (B.9f) nor net financial worth (B.90f).
FINLAND: An exceptional revision with some breaks in time series (marked in the public database) was implemented in respect of the rerouting of ARA loans. Information can be found here:https://stat.fi/en/revisionrelease/cl4wd9qcoqezr0bvwlrq28hxt
The introduction of wellbeing services counties in 2023 brought significant changes to the items of central and local government. This complicates the comparability of general government data between 2022 and 2023.
Items caused by intra-general government trade have been removed starting from 2015. This has a significant effect on the output and intermediate consumption of local government industries but not on value added.
The classification of real estate taxes has been updated to improve international comparability. Real estate taxes are now classified under other taxes on production, whereas they were previously classified under other direct taxes. This change has been extended until 2010, causing a break in the time series between 2009 and 2010.
SWITZERLAND: The data for Switzerland does not yet reflect the results of the 2025 benchmark revision to the annual data.
'Quarterly government debt' is defined as the total gross debt at nominal value outstanding at the end of each quarter for the general government sector (ref. Regulation (EU) No 549/2013, Annex B transmission programme, definition of general government sector ESA 2010 §2.111).
Data are measured in million Euro, million of national currency units, percentage of GDP and percentage of total consolidated debt.
Data cover EU Member States, Iceland and Norway.
Quarterly data on government debt is provided according to the provisions of the European System of Accounts ESA 2010 (Regulation (EU) No 549/2013).
Data is transmitted by national authorities (National Statistical Institutes, National Central Banks or Ministries of Finance).
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General government debt is one of the convergence criteria of the Maastricht Treaty used for monitoring the economic situation of a Member State. The Maastricht debt is defined as the debt at the end of the year. In order to follow the latest trends, Member States are required to provide debt data on a quarterly basis.
'Quarterly government debt' is defined as the total gross debt at face value outstanding at the end of each quarter for the general government sector and its subesctors.
Member States provide a breakdown of the general government debt using ESA 2010 definitions:
by instrument; The main instruments are: currency and deposits (AF.2) with further breakdowns into currency (AF.21) and deposits (AF.22, AF.29), debt securities (AF.3) with a breakdown into short-term (AF.31) and long-term (AF.32) debt securities, and loans (AF.4) with a breakdown into short-term loans (AF.41) and long-term loans (AF.42),
by government sector: central government (S.1311), state government (S.1312), local government (S.1313), social security funds (S.1314).
The tables contain debt figures expressed in national currency, converted into euro, and as a percentage of the GDP and of the total consolidated debt for the Member State.
Some countries provide additional data such as the currency denomination of general government gross debt (domestic/foreign), a split between domestic and non-resident creditors and a breakdown by remaining maturity.
Not available.
Not available.
EU and euro area aggregates, EU Member States, Iceland and Norway.
The Regulation applies to EEA countries.
The quarterly general government debt refers to the debt at the end of each quarter. For non euro area Member States, the debt expressed in euro is converted using the exchange rate at the last working day of the quarter.
Not available.
Data is measured in million Euro, million of national currency units and in percentage of GDP and of total consolidated debt.
For euro area countries, for reference periods prior to accession of the country to the euro area, data in national currency are expressed in euro-fixed, that is the former national currency divided by the irrevocable exchange rate.
The data represents stock of quarterly government debt (and its components currency and deposits, debt securities and loans) at face value outstanding at the end of the quarter.
For EU and euro area aggregates, the quarterly debt for each Member States is converted into Euro using the exchange rates at the end of the quarter. For flow data, such as GDP, average exchange rates are used. The EU aggregates, denominated in euro, can fluctuate as a result of exchange rate movements between the euro and other EU currencies.
For Croatia, which joined the euro area from 1 January 2023, the euro-fixed for periods up to the fourth quarter of 2022 is used, i.e. HRK divided by the irrevocable exchange rate.
Due to the involvement of EU Member States' governments in lending to certain Member States, quarterly data on intergovernmental lending (IGL) are also published. For the purpose of proper consolidation of general government debt and to provide users with information, Eurostat publishes data on government loans to / partly deposits with other EU governments and these loans have been deducted from euro area and EU debt starting from the first quarter of 2009. By convention, this consolidation is done in long-term loans of central government.
The valuation basis is the stock of loans at nominal value outstanding at end of each quarter. From the first quarter of 2011 onwards, the bilateral intergovernmental lending figures relate mainly to lending to Greece, Ireland and Portugal and include loans made by the European Financial Stability Facility (see Eurostat decision regarding EFSF).
A methodological change as regards the statistical recording of deferred interest on EFSF loans affecting the face value of general government gross debt was implemented by Greece, following Eurostat’s advice. This change also affected the EFSF guarantors.
Data are transmitted by national statistical authorities (National Statistical Institutes, National Central Banks or Ministries of Finance). The type of survey used is a census.
The countries provide a breakdown of the general government debt using ESA2010 definitions:
by instrument: currency and deposits (AF.2, currency AF.21, deposits AF.22, AF.29), debt securities (AF.3, short-term AF.31, long-term AF.32) and loans (AF.4, short-term AF.41, long-term AF.42),
by general government sector: central government (S.1311), state government (S.1312), local government (S.1313) and social security funds (S.1314).
The tables contain debt figures expressed in national currency, converted into euro, and as a percentage of the GDP and of the total consolidated debt for the Member State.
Quarterly
Data is transmitted by Member States to Eurostat within three months after the end of the quarter to which it refers to.
