General government debt grew by EUR 12.6 billion second quarter of 2025

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release | General government debt by quarter 2025, 2nd quarter

According to Statistics Finland, general government EDP debt, i.e. consolidated gross debt at nominal prices amounted to EUR 245.9 billion in the second quarter of 2025 and grew by EUR 12.6 billion during the quarter. Relative to GDP, general government debt stood at 88.3 per cent. General government debt grew by EUR 25.8 billion compared to the respective period of the year before.

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  • Central government debt grew by EUR 11.1 billion during the second quarter of 2025.
  • The local government sector's debt increased by EUR 0.6 billion.
  • The debt of social security funds increased by EUR 1.0 billion.

Central government debt grew by EUR 11.1 billion

During the second quarter, central government debt grew by EUR 11.1 billion and was EUR 206.3 billion at the end of the quarter. The stock of long-term bonds increased by EUR 9.3 billion and the stock of short-term debt instruments with a maturity of under one year increased by EUR 1.4 billion. The stock of short-term loans decreased by EUR 0.1 billion and the stock of long-term loans increased by EUR 0.4 billion.

The local government sector’s debt increased by EUR 0.6 billion

The local government sector's debt increased by EUR 0.6 billion during the second quarter of 2025, totalling EUR 38.4 billion at the end of the quarter. The local government sector’s stock of long-term loans grew by EUR 0.3 billion during the quarter and was EUR 35.6 billion at the end of the second quarter.

Social security funds' debt increased by EUR 1.0 billion

Social security funds' debt grew by EUR 1.0 billion, mainly due to an increase in short-term loans and stood at EUR 3.1 billion at the end of the second quarter of 2025.

Central government's EDP debt differs as a concept from the central government debt published by the State Treasury

Read more about the concept of EDP debt.

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): General government debt by quarter [online publication].
Reference period: 2025, 2nd quarter. ISSN=1799-8034. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 30.9.2025].
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