Public debt ratio in Latvia

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The national debt ratio of Latvia indicates the ratio between the Latvian national debt on the one hand and the Latvian nominal gross domestic product on the other.

Development in recent years

Latvia's national debt ratio rose between 2008 and 2013 due to the financial crisis . While the national debt of 3.9 billion euros at the end of 2008 corresponded to a government debt ratio of 17.2%, the national debt ratio at the end of 2013, given a debt level of 8.2 billion euros, reached a value of 35.0%.

Forecast development

The International Monetary Fund assumes that the national debt ratio of Latvia will fall to 30.8% by the end of 2019 with a debt level of EUR 9.9 billion. This would mean that Latvia would continue to meet the Maastricht criterion of no more than 60%.

Graphical representation

Historical national debt ratio of Latvia from 2000 to 2013 including an estimate by the IMF up to 2019

See also

Individual evidence

  1. International Monetary Fund: World Economic Outlook Database, October 2014, General government gross debt (National currency, Percent of GDP)