General government debt was 65.1% of GDP at the end of 2025 (EUR 46.33 billion). It peaked at 83.4% in 2015.
Finance
- VAT brought in EUR 5.61 billion in 2025 – 20.2% of all taxes and social contributions.
- The biggest item of government spending is social protection: EUR 11.51 billion, or 37% of the total (2024).
- Among people aged 65 and over, 29.4% of women and 21.7% of men live below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold (2025). For the whole population it is 14.3%.
- The at-risk-of-poverty threshold for a single person is EUR 1,021 a month (2025); in 2005 it was EUR 440.