Structure of Government Debt in Europe in 2009 - Issue number 3/2011 - Products Statistics in Focus

According to the Council Regulation (EC) No 1222/2004 Member States are expected to provide information on quarterly government debt. In order to study the structure of the debt in Europe, Eurostat produces a survey requesting additional information on debt by holder, instrument, maturity, and currency of issuance, as well as guarantees provided by the government. This publication analyses the main results of the most recent questionnaire, which was completed, fully or partly by 23 countries. It should be noted that not all the respondents replied to all questions.