Central state · level 2
Government debt service & financial commitments
Government debt service & financial commitments
- National (€/yr)
- 61.3 bn€
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- 54.2 bn€State debt service and cash management (estimated appropriations)
- 5.2 bn€Repayment of State debt linked to Covid-19
- 1.0 bn€Calls on State guarantees (estimated appropriations)
- 0.7 bn€Cost of SNCF Réseau debt taken over by the State (estimated appropriations)
- 0.2 bn€Support fund for risky structured loans and financial contracts
- 0.1 bn€Savings
Key figures to remember
~€3,100 Bn public debt
Maastricht government debt outstanding (consolidated S13) end-2024, ~111 % of GDP.
Source: Eurostat 2024~2.1 % avg rate
apparent average interest rate on outstanding debt in 2024. Steadily rising since 2022 due to ECB tightening.
Source: AFT 2024~10 % of State budget
goes to interest payments (debt service ~€54 Bn / net BG ~€480 Bn). 2nd largest item after Education.
Source: LFI 2025