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Portugal has the 3rd highest public debt in Europe

&amp;NewLine;<p>Portugal recorded&amp;comma; in the third quarter of 2021&amp;comma; a public debt ratio of 130&amp;comma;5 &amp;percnt; of gross domestic product &amp;lpar;GDP&amp;rpar;&amp;period; As a result&amp;comma; Portugal ranks third among the countries with the highest debt in the European Union&amp;period;&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Portugal has the 3rd highest public debt in Europe&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The information was published on Friday by&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ec&period;europa&period;eu&sol;eurostat&sol;fr&sol;home">Eurostat<&sol;a>&amp;comma; which is the statistical office of the EU&amp;period; It reported that&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;at the end of the third quarter 2021&amp;comma; the ratio of public debt to GDP in the eurozone was 97&amp;comma;7 &amp;percnt;&amp;comma; compared with 98&amp;comma;3 &amp;percnt; at the end of the second quarter 2021&amp;period; In the&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;EU&amp;comma; as a whole, the ratio also fell&amp;comma; from 90&amp;comma;9&amp;percnt; to 90&amp;comma;1&amp;percnt; over this&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>In the third quarter of last year, Portugal held on to its third place. <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;le-portugal-paiera-la-dette-au-fmi&sol;" data-type&equals;"post" data-id&equals;"3544">public debt<&sol;a> the highest in the EU&amp;comma; at 130&amp;comma;5 &amp;percnt; of GDP&amp;comma; just behind Greece &amp;lpar;200&amp;comma;7 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar; and Italy &amp;lpar;155&amp;comma;3 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"blob&colon;https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;06dfad54-4402-4849-af8c-90c906c1acca" alt&equals;"dette portugal&newline;"&sol;><figcaption>Source&amp;colon; Eurostat<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Spain &amp;lpar;121&amp;comma;8 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; France &amp;lpar;116&amp;comma;0 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; Belgium &amp;lpar;111&amp;comma;4 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar; and Cyprus &amp;lpar;109&amp;comma;6 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar; are also on the list of member states with the highest public debt-to-GDP ratio at the end of the third quarter of 2021&amp;period; Conversely, the lowest ratios were recorded in Estonia &amp;lpar;19&amp;comma;6&amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; Bulgaria &amp;lpar;24&amp;comma;2&amp;percnt;&amp;rpar; and Luxembourg &amp;lpar;25&amp;comma;3&amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Eurostat contextualizes&amp;comma; indicating that as long as in the euro zone&amp;comma; the decrease in the ratio of public debt to GDP at the end of the third quarter is due to an increase in GDP&amp;comma; while debt continued to increase due to the financing needs of the policy measures adopted to mitigate the economic and social impact of the pandemic&amp;period;"<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Compared with the third quarter of 2020&amp;comma; the ratio of public debt to GDP increased both in the eurozone &amp;lpar;from 96&amp;comma;6&amp;percnt; to 97&amp;comma;7&amp;percnt;&amp;rpar; and in the&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;EU &amp;lpar;from 89&amp;comma;2&amp;percnt; to 90&amp;comma;1&amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Also in year-on-year comparison&amp;comma; 15 member states recorded an increase in their debt&amp;sol;GDP ratio at the end of the third quarter of 2021 and 12 member states a decrease&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;

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