Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in Greece
Greece: Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP was 19.3% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in Greece, 1991–2020
Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Greece is 19.3%, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of up 98.2% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Greece peaked at 23.6% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 1991.
That places Greece 27th out of 116 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.7% | — |
| 1992 | 0.7% | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 0.9% | +35.3% |
| 1994 | 3.8% | +304.5% |
| 1995 | 4.8% | +24.1% |
| 1996 | 7.3% | +54.4% |
| 1997 | 9.5% | +29.3% |
| 1998 | 13.1% | +37.7% |
| 1999 | 13.0% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 14.1% | +8.6% |
| 2001 | 13.3% | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 16.1% | +20.4% |
| 2003 | 20.2% | +25.6% |
| 2004 | 17.1% | -15.1% |
| 2005 | 15.0% | -12.5% |
| 2006 | 17.9% | +19.3% |
| 2007 | 19.8% | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 16.0% | -19.2% |
| 2009 | 22.3% | +38.8% |
| 2010 | 23.3% | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 23.6% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 14.7% | -37.9% |
| 2013 | 11.6% | -21.2% |
| 2014 | 14.6% | +26.1% |
| 2015 | 15.8% | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 12.2% | -22.8% |
| 2017 | 7.1% | -41.5% |
| 2018 | 8.0% | +12.6% |
| 2019 | 9.7% | +21.6% |
| 2020 | 19.3% | +98.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.0% | 0.7% | 13.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | 17.2% | 13.3% | 22.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.1% | 7.1% | 23.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.3% | 19.3% | 19.3% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Greece
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 17,171 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.6973 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 2.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 129.08 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 11.76 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 3.02 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 5.80 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 17.56 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 17.41 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,672 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Greece?
- Outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Greece was 19.3% in 2020, according to Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
- What is the highest outstanding international public debt securities to gdp recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 23.6% in 2011.
- What is the lowest outstanding international public debt securities to gdp recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 1991.
- How does Greece rank for outstanding international public debt securities to gdp?
- Greece ranks 27th out of 116 countries with data for 2020.
- Is outstanding international public debt securities to gdp rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as part of Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Amount of public international debt securities (amounts outstanding), as a share of GDP. It covers long-term bonds and notes and money market instruments placed on international markets. Table 12D (international debt amount): governments / GDP. End of year data (i.e. December data) are considered for debt securities. The figures are deflated using the following methodology: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is the level international public debt, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. GDP is from World Development Indicators. End-of period CPI is taken from IFS line 64M..ZF month of December (or if not available Q4). Average annual CPI is constructed from the monthly CPI figure taken from IFS line 64..ZF.