For any French people – is this a political issue at all in France? Is anyone campaigning at all on bringing the debt down?
cat_economist on
Just for note. It’s Debt to GDP ratio not debt in general.
pole_fan on
interest rate payments as a pecentage of gdp is a more useful metric. A couple with 50k in mortgage debt is significantly better off than a couple with 50k in credit card debt.
A_Birde on
Greece greatest country in the world all other countries are run by little girls
evonst on
How did Greece achieve this ?
UnoriginalName18 on
Still shit country to live in as a greek with unlivable wages for young people
Crafty-Pirate-6481 on
Amazing color contrast on this line chart
vergorli on
with love from Merkel
MrNiceguy037 on
Everybody in Germany was crying so much about how much money Germany has put into Greece at the time. In the end Germany made profits from it thanks to interests and some other effects
truckkers on
Well done, Greece. Reforming the economy did hurt, but you are doing better now.
will_dormer on
Very impressive this is even possible
gingerbreademperor on
And they lived happily ever after….right….right?
papawish on
At what price.
Wonder around Athens at night and you’ll know.
ilawon on
I still remember the time when countries with more than 80% debt and a deficit greater than 3% were supposed to be punished and forced into a self-imposed recession.
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[Source](https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GGXWDG_NGDP@WEO/GRC/FRA)
2020: Greece 209,9% France 114,8%
2025: Greece 142,2% France 116,3%
2030: Greece 125,1% France 128,4%
Wow, what happened in 2020 for the Greek debt to fall so much?
[Greece pays debt ahead of schedule](https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/greece-repay-first-bailout-loans-by-2031-10-years-early-2025-04-11/) multiple [times](https://apnews.com/article/greece-debt-strike-cost-of-living-f0bd69f12df0a1a34e93008d10789af2) proving that it [has](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-18/greece-plans-to-repay-long-term-debt-ahead-of-time-premier-says) fiscally responsible policies. [Tax evasion has been reduced](https://www.vatcalc.com/greece/greece-halves-vat-gap/) and the job market has recovered as unemployment is lower than [Sweden](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-euro-indicators/w/3-01042025-bp) (8,6% vs 9%!) and [that’s not a result of migration](https://www.tovima.com/finance/greece-sees-first-net-return-of-citizens-in-over-a-decade/) (more Greeks return to Greece as of now) but a result of [more than half a million new jobs created](https://www.statista.com/statistics/276414/employment-in-greece/) (compare the approximate 18% unemployment rate of 2020 to today with the number of jobs created and you can see it’s not migration since most already left by that time). [Moody’s](https://news.gtp.gr/2025/03/14/moodys-upgrades-greece-to-investment-grade-citing-fiscal-strength/) recently brought the country back to investment grade status too. Greece just registered a [4,8% primary surplus](https://en.protothema.gr/2025/04/22/surprise-primary-surplus-of-e11-4-billion-4-8-of-gdp-for-2024/) for 2024 and had one of the highest surpluses in the EU being among the very few to [avoid having a deficit](https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/s/q8KrWAEJcR) (we run on primary surpluses with the exception of covid since 2015). Greece is also much more than tourism and owns 20%+ of the world’s commercial fleet being [first](https://www.ugs.gr/en/greek-shipping-and-economy/greek-shipping-and-economy-2023/features-of-the-greek-owned-fleet/) worldwide against giants such as China. Greece’s state bond yields already [fare better](https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/budget-woes-push-french-borrowing-costs-above-crisis-scarred-greece-2024-12-02/) or similar to France!
cmon french
payaeoux debt already
Good on Greece!
For any French people – is this a political issue at all in France? Is anyone campaigning at all on bringing the debt down?
Just for note. It’s Debt to GDP ratio not debt in general.
interest rate payments as a pecentage of gdp is a more useful metric. A couple with 50k in mortgage debt is significantly better off than a couple with 50k in credit card debt.
Greece greatest country in the world all other countries are run by little girls
How did Greece achieve this ?
Still shit country to live in as a greek with unlivable wages for young people
Amazing color contrast on this line chart
with love from Merkel
Everybody in Germany was crying so much about how much money Germany has put into Greece at the time. In the end Germany made profits from it thanks to interests and some other effects
Well done, Greece. Reforming the economy did hurt, but you are doing better now.
Very impressive this is even possible
And they lived happily ever after….right….right?
At what price.
Wonder around Athens at night and you’ll know.
I still remember the time when countries with more than 80% debt and a deficit greater than 3% were supposed to be punished and forced into a self-imposed recession.
Le Mozart de la finance ! Chef’s kiss