How the numbers were computed
For the story Government debt.
Every number in the story is a Eurostat value or is computed from Eurostat values. Each value is named by dataset, Eurostat key and period. Each request is kept as received.
The ranking
Ranks
Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. Czechia and Lithuania, at 43.8% of GDP each, are both 19th, and the Netherlands is 21st.
- 27 values, one per country
gov_10q_ggdebt:Q.GD.S13.PC_GDP.<geo>@2026-Q2(<geo> is the country code) · request r1
5.4
Highest value ÷ lowest value: 140.8 ÷ 26.1 = 5.3946. Rounded to 1 decimal.
- 140.8: Greece, the end of the second quarter of 2026
gov_10q_ggdebt:Q.GD.S13.PC_GDP.EL@2026-Q2· request r1 - 26.1: Estonia, the end of the second quarter of 2026
gov_10q_ggdebt:Q.GD.S13.PC_GDP.EE@2026-Q2· request r1
27 / 27
EU countries with a value for 2026-Q2: all 27 of the 27 EU member states.
- 27 values, one per country
gov_10q_ggdebt:Q.GD.S13.PC_GDP.<geo>@2026-Q2(<geo> is the country code) · request r1
Eurostat values in the text
82.9
Eurostat publishes it as shown.
- 82.9: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), the end of the second quarter of 2026
gov_10q_ggdebt:Q.GD.S13.PC_GDP.EU27_2020@2026-Q2· request r1
26.1
Eurostat publishes it as shown.
- 26.1: Estonia, the end of the second quarter of 2026
gov_10q_ggdebt:Q.GD.S13.PC_GDP.EE@2026-Q2· request r1
140.8
Eurostat publishes it as shown.
- 140.8: Greece, the end of the second quarter of 2026
gov_10q_ggdebt:Q.GD.S13.PC_GDP.EL@2026-Q2· request r1
Requests
- r1: Eurostat API query · retrieved 1 November 2026 · data updated 21 October 2026 · fingerprint:
1b8255391be5ee9701c852bb4219ea0236e1018d98123a022f89f031065a25d2