Structure of government debt in 2014 - In most EU Member States, the largest share of public debt is held by non-residents - Long-term initial maturities prevail

Among the Member States for which data are available, Sweden (29% of total government debt has a term below one year) and Bulgaria (21%) registered in 2014 the highest proportions of short-term initial maturities of debt. Italy (15%), Hungary (14%), Portugal (13%) and France (12%) also recorded shares of short-term maturity debt above 10%. At the opposite end of the scale, almost all debt was made up of long-term maturities in Poland, Estonia and Slovakia.

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