APPENDIX 3 (continued)
Table 2.1 General government consolidated
gross debt (percentage of GDP)
| |
Former definitions
| ESA95 definitions
|
| | 1980
| 1985 | 1989
| 1990 | 1991
| 1992 | 1993
| 1994 | 1995
| 1995 | 1996
| 1997 | 1998
| 1999 | 2000
|
| Belgium | 76.6
| 119.3 | 124.4
| 124.7 | 126.5
| 127.9 | 134.6
| 132.7 | 129.8
| - | 128.3
| 123.0 | 117.4
| 114.4 | 110.0
|
| Germany | 31.8
| 41.7 | 41.8
| 43.8 | 40.3
| 43.0 | 47.0
| 49.3 | 57.0
| - | 59.8
| 60.9 | 60.7
| 61.0 | 60.7
|
| Spain | 16.8
| 41.9 | 41.4
| 43.2 | 43.9
| 46.3 | 57.9
| 60.4 | 63.2
| - | 68.1
| 66.7 | 64.9
| 63.5 | 62.3
|
| France | 19.3
| 30.3 | 33.9
| 34.9 | 35.2
| 39.0 | 44.3
| 47.6 | 51.9
| - | 57.1
| 59.0 | 59.3
| 58.6 | 58.2
|
| Ireland | 67.7
| 98.6 | 98.7
| 92.6 | 92.4
| 90.0 | 94.0
| 88.1 | 80.8
| - | 74.1
| 65.3 | 55.6
| 52.4 | 45.2
|
| Italy | 57.9
| 81.9 | 95.4
| 97.3 | 100.6
| 107.7 | 118.1
| 123.8 | 123.2
| - | 122.2
| 119.8 | 116.3
| 114.9 | 110.8
|
| Luxembourg | 11.8
| 12.3 | 6.8
| 4.5 | 4.0
| 4.8 | 5.8
| 5.4 | 5.6
| - | 6.2
| 6.0 | 6.4
| 6.2 | 5.8
|
| Netherlands | 45.1
| 68.7 | 76.0
| 75.6 | 75.7
| 76.4 | 77.6
| 74.0 | 75.5
| - | 75.3
| 70.3 | 67.0
| 63.7 | 58.7
|
| Austria | 35.8
| 48.8 | 57.6
| 56.8 | 57.0
| 56.9 | 61.4
| 64.2 | 68.0
| - | 68.3
| 63.9 | 63.5
| 64.6 | 64.0
|
| Portugal | 31.9
| 60.8 | 62.2
| 64.2 | 66.1
| 58.8 | 62.0
| 62.7 | 64.7
| - | 63.6
| 60.3 | 56.5
| 56.7 | 57.0
|
| Finland | 11.5
| 16.2 | 14.7
| 14.3 | 22.7
| 40.7 | 56.8
| 58.3 | 56.6
| - | 57.1
| 54.1 | 49.0
| 47.1 | 42.7
|
| EU-11 | 34.7
| 51.9 | 56.7
| 58.1 | 57.9
| 61.2 | 66.1
| 68.4 | 71.6
| - | 74.9
| 74.7 | 73.1
| 72.3 | 70.5
|
| UK | 54.7
| 54.1 | 37.7
| 35.0 | 35.1
| 41.1 | 47.8
| 49.8 | 52.0
| - | 52.7
| 50.9 | 48.4
| 45.9 | 42.4
|
| US | 26.5
| 38.2 | 41.3
| 44.7 | 48.3
| 50.4 | 51.9
| 51.1 | 50.0
| - | 49.2
| 46.6 | 43.4
| 40.1 | -
|
| Japan | 40.9
| 54.5 | 58.1
| 55.8 | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
| - | -
|
Source: European Commission, Public Finances in EMU-2000. For
US and Japan, OECD data from Datastream
Note: "General government" is central, regional and
local governments taken together.
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