January 24 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria had a government debt-to-GDP ratio of 25.6% at the end of the third quarter of 2017, the third lowest in the European Union, after Luxembourg and Estonia, Eurostat said on Wednesday.
Bulgaria's debt-to-GDP ratio also recorded the fourth largest drop year-on-year among EU member states as of end-September, of 2.1 percentage points, Eurostat said in a statement.
Among EU member states from Southeast Europe (SEE), Croatia posted the highest government debt-to-GDP ratio, of 81.0%.
Details about EU member states from SEE follow:
|
Debt-to-GDP ratio Q3'17 |
Difference in pp compared to Q2'17 |
Difference in pp compared to Q3'16 |
Bulgaria |
25.6% |
-2.1 |
-2.8 |
Croatia |
81.0% |
0.1 |
-2.4 |
Romania |
35.7% |
-1.5 |
-0.6 |
Slovenia |
78.4% |
-1.3 |
-3.2 |
source: Eurostat