Real GDP Unemployment rate Employment rate, 20–64 Inflation (HICP) House price index Government debt Government debt during each government's tenure 27 governments, ranked by how
the government debt changed from their first day in office, next to the European Union over the same months.
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Party All Independent Austrian People's Party National Liberal Party Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party of Lithuania Estonian Reform Party Democratic Party Unknown affiliation Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria Fianna Fáil Fine Gael New Democracy People's Party Slovenian Democratic Party Socialist Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Centre Party Christian Democratic and Flemish Civic Platform Croatian Democratic Union Direction – Social Democracy Law and Justice National Coalition Party Social Democratic Party of Austria Social Democrats Swedish Social Democratic Party Unity Venstre We Continue the Change Anders ANO 2011 Bulgarian Socialist Party Christian Democratic Union Christian Social People's Party Civic Democratic Party Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers’ Party Democratic Rally Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats Labour Party Moderate Party Reformist Movement Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party Social Democratic Party of Finland SYRIZA Brothers of Italy Christian Democratic Appeal Civic Choice Civic Forum Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Democratic Liberal Party Democratic Party (Cyprus) Democrats Democrats 66 Estonian Centre Party Fidesz Five Star Movement Forza Italia Freedom Movement Hungarian Socialist Party Latvian Way Liepāja Party List of Marjan Šarec Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union Modern Centre Party Movement of Democratic Socialists National Movement for Stability and Progress Nationalist Party Party of Civic Rights People's Party for Freedom and Democracy People's Union Progressive Bulgaria Progressive Party of Working People Rally for the Republic Reform Party Renaissance Respect and Freedom Party Slovakia Social Democratic Party of Croatia Social Democratic Party of Germany Solidarity Electoral Action The People of Freedom Together 2014 Union for a Popular Movement Voice – Social Democracy Zares
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# Government Country In office Total vs EU Per year Chart 1 FF Brian CowenIreland 7 May 2008 – 9 Mar 2011 +59.9 pp Q1 2008 → Q4 2010 +42.5 pp EU +17.4 pp +21.8 pp/yr 2 ND Antonis SamarasGreece 20 Jun 2012 – 26 Jan 2015 +41.3 pp Q1 2012 → Q4 2014 +37.0 pp EU +4.3 pp +15.0 pp/yr 3 KIDISO Giorgos PapandreouGreece 6 Oct 2009 – 11 Nov 2011 +39.5 pp Q3 2009 → Q3 2011 +32.9 pp EU +6.6 pp +19.8 pp/yr 4 PP Mariano RajoySpain 20 Dec 2011 – 21 Dec 2015 +37.1 pp Q3 2011 → Q3 2015 +32.2 pp EU +4.9 pp +9.3 pp/yr 5 PSD Pedro Passos CoelhoPortugal 21 Jun 2011 – 26 Nov 2015 +31.3 pp Q1 2011 → Q3 2015 +26.1 pp EU +5.2 pp +7.0 pp/yr 6 AKEL Dimitris ChristofiasCyprus 28 Feb 2008 – 28 Feb 2013 +28.7 pp Q4 2007 → Q4 2012 +6.1 pp EU +22.6 pp +5.7 pp/yr 7 TS-LKD Andrius KubiliusLithuania 26 Nov 2008 – 22 Nov 2012 +26.5 pp Q3 2008 → Q3 2012 +5.2 pp EU +21.3 pp +6.6 pp/yr 8 SD Borut PahorSlovenia 21 Nov 2008 – 10 Feb 2012 +24.9 pp Q3 2008 → Q4 2011 +6.2 pp EU +18.7 pp +7.7 pp/yr 9 UMP Nicolas SarkozyFrance 16 May 2007 – 15 May 2012 +24.5 pp Q1 2007 → Q1 2012 +7.0 pp EU +17.5 pp +4.9 pp/yr 10 Zares Alenka BratušekSlovenia 20 Mar 2013 – 18 Sep 2014 +24.5 pp Q4 2012 → Q2 2014 +21.6 pp EU +2.9 pp +16.3 pp/yr
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Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter
complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it);
the European Union is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates.
Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out.
% of GDP · Eurostat (gov_10q_ggdebt), general government consolidated gross debt · country data · as of Aug 2026.
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