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Debt

What the state owes, to whom, at what maturity and at what price.

10-year borrowing rate 4.6 % 0.1 % European Union 3.4 % +1.2 % The rate at which the state borrows today, on the markets. It applies only to new debt.
10-year borrowing rate
0.0 % 2.0 % 4.0 % 6.0 % 2021 2022 2022 2023 2023 2024 2024 2025 2025

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Output

What the country produces in a year, where that demand comes from, and how the product is shared out.

Gross domestic product 2,526.6 bn € 105.7 bn €
GDP growth 1.4 % 0.1 % European Union 1.9 % −0.5 %
GDP per head (EU = 100) 101.6 2.0 European Union 100.0 +1.6 Adjusted for price differences between countries: one hundred means “the EU average”. Without that adjustment, comparing a Bulgarian wage with a Danish one means nothing.
Government consumption, % of GDP 19.1 % 0.5 % European Union 20.6 % −1.5 % What the state consumes itself — schools, hospitals, administration. Not its transfers, its investment or its debt: total public spending is far higher.
Gross domestic product
1,800.0 bn € 2,000.0 bn € 2,200.0 bn € 2,400.0 bn € 2,600.0 bn € 2,800.0 bn € 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2019
GDP growth
-1.0 % 0.0 % 1.0 % 2.0 % 3.0 % 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2019

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GDP per head (EU = 100)
100.0 105.0 110.0 115.0 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2019

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Government consumption, % of GDP
18.0 % 19.0 % 20.0 % 21.0 % 22.0 % 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2019

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Where demand comes from
  • Household consumption 1,618.1 bn €
  • Government consumption 482.0 bn €
  • Investment 455.1 bn €
  • Change in inventories 6.8 bn €
  • Exports 785.3 bn €
  • Imports (subtracted) 816.6 bn €
How the product is shared
2,526.1 bn € total
  • Wages and contributions 1,251.6 bn €
  • Profits and mixed income 972.9 bn €
  • Net taxes on products 301.6 bn €

Society

Population, employment, prices, poverty and inequality.

Population 69,554,275 170,056
Inflation 1.8 % 0.7 % European Union 1.4 % +0.4 %
At risk of poverty or exclusion 22.8 % 1.0 % European Union 21.7 % +1.1 % A relative threshold: it moves with the country’s median income. A country growing poorer as a whole can therefore see this rate fall.
Gini coefficient 34.0 1.4 European Union 30.0 +4.0 Zero would be perfect income equality, one hundred total concentration. Measured after taxes and benefits.
Life expectancy at birth 81.3 years 0.0 years European Union 80.8 years +0.5 years
Population
62,000,000 64,000,000 66,000,000 68,000,000 70,000,000 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2026
Inflation
0.0 % 2.0 % 4.0 % 6.0 % 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2019

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At risk of poverty or exclusion
21.0 % 22.0 % 23.0 % 24.0 % 2015 2016 2017 2018

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Gini coefficient
28.0 30.0 32.0 34.0 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

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Life expectancy at birth
79.5 years 80.0 years 80.5 years 81.0 years 81.5 years 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2018

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