🇬🇷 Greece National Debt Clock
Live tracker for Greece government debt. The national debt currently stands at approximately $413.8 billion, growing at $106 per second based on IMF fiscal deficit projections. Debt-to-GDP: 147%. Per-citizen share: $39,955.
Among the 135 governments tracked here, Greece ranks 5th by debt-to-GDP, 26th by total debt and 20th by debt per person.
About Greece's National Debt
Greece sits at the center of the modern sovereign-debt story: its 2010 crisis triggered the largest bailouts in history and years of austerity under EU and IMF programmes. Still among the most indebted nations relative to GDP, Greece has since returned to primary surpluses, regained market access, and seen its ratio fall.
Greece's debt-to-GDP ratio of 147% is among the highest in the world: higher than 96% of the 135 governments tracked here. No ratio is safe or dangerous on its own — whether a debt is sustainable depends on the interest rate on it, how fast the economy grows, the currency it is owed in and who holds it. By total government debt, Greece ranks 26th of the 135 governments tracked here.
At the current borrowing rate of $106 per second, Greece adds about $9 million to its government debt every day — roughly $3.3 billion per year. Each of Greece's 10 million residents carries an individual share of approximately $39,955. That is above the world average of roughly $14,600 in government debt per person.
Figures are computed by Global Debt Clock by linear extrapolation from each country's baseline figure, named in the source line on this page (for most countries, the IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026). Actual debt changes through discrete bond issuances — these counters illustrate the approximate scale and pace of sovereign borrowing.
Greece National Debt — Frequently Asked Questions
What is Greece's national debt right now?
Greece's national debt is approximately $413.8 billion as of October 27, 2026, growing at $106 per second. Its debt-to-GDP ratio is 147% and each citizen's share is about $39,955.
How fast is Greece's debt growing?
Greece's government debt is growing at approximately $106 per second — about $9 million per day — derived from the IMF's projections for 2026.
What is Greece's debt per capita?
Each of Greece's 10 million residents carries a notional share of approximately $39,955 of the national debt.
What is Greece's debt-to-GDP ratio?
Greece's debt-to-GDP ratio is 147%. That is higher than 96% of the 135 governments tracked here.
Why is Greece's government debt at this level?
Greece sits at the center of the modern sovereign-debt story: its 2010 crisis triggered the largest bailouts in history and years of austerity under EU and IMF programmes. Still among the most indebted nations relative to GDP, Greece has since returned to primary surpluses, regained market access, and seen its ratio fall.
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Data & Citation
Source: IMF WEO October 2026 (GGXWDG, end-2025 stock) · baseline anchored .
Methodology: debt = 411,062,047,287 + 106 × seconds_since(2026-01-01)
Machine-readable data: /api/debt?c=gr (live JSON) · /data/debt.json (full dataset)
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