Finland’s relative debt burden grew more than anywhere else in EU in 2023

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Finland’s relative debt burden grew more than anywhere else in EU in 2023

GOVERNMENT DEBT in Finland increased last year in relative terms more than in any other country in the European Union, reveal statistics published on Monday by Eurostat. The Finnish central government owed 210.5 billion euros to creditors at the end of last year, a sum that corresponds with 75.8 per cent of gross domestic product. The debt-to-output ratio increased by 2.3 percentage points from the previous year, more than in any other member st…