EDP debt

Definition

Debt concept used in the context of the Stability and Growth Pact and, commonly, in the analysis of public finance sustainability. It includes the liabilities of General Government materialized in cash and deposits, debt securities, and loans, valued at their nominal (face) values and excluding liabilities issued by General Government held by other units of the same sector (consolidation)

Further information

Related concepts

• General Government
• Stability and Growth Pact
• Consolidation
• Cash
• Loans
• Debt securities

References

• Manual on Government Deficit and Debt – Implementation of ESA 2010 – 2022 edition.
• Government Finance Statistics (Eurostat).

Legal frame

• Commission Regulation (EU) 220/2014 of 7 March 2014 amending Regulation (EC) 479/2009 as regards references to the European System of National and Regional Accounts of the EU.
• Stability and Growth Pact
• Council Regulation (EU) No 1177/2011 of 8 November 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure.
• Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2009 of 25 May 2009 on the application of the Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community.
• Council Regulation (EU) No 679/2010 of 26 July 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 479/2009 as regards the quality of statistical data in the context of the excessive deficit procedure.

Links to data tables

• General Government Tables.

Selection of tables

• Debt according to the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) and financial assets against General Governments. Amounts.
• Debt according to the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) and financial assets against General Governments. Amounts.
• Debt according to the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) and financial assets against General Governments. Percentages of GDP at market prices.
• Debt according to the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) by counterpart sectors, currencies, and residual maturities.
• Debt according to the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) by instruments.
• Debt according to the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) by instruments.
• Debt according to the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) by counterpart sectors, currencies, and residual maturities.
• Debt according to the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) and financial assets against General Governments. Percentages of GDP at market prices.

Other resources

• BExplore PDE debt (interactive charts).
• ¿Qué es y cómo se mide la deuda pública? (vídeo).

Update date: January 2025