# Euro area deficit holds at 3.0% in 2025: who is within the limit

- By: Bull Run Post Newsroom
- 2026-11-02T12:52:01.000Z
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Eurostat puts the euro area deficit at 3.0% of GDP and debt at 87.7%. Spain stands at 2.4%; France and ten other states are at 3% or above. On 21 October 2026 Eurostat put the euro area (EA20) government deficit at 3.0% of GDP in 2025, unchanged from 2024, and debt at 87.7%, up from 86.6% a year earlier. Eleven EU member states ran a deficit of 3% of GDP or more in 2025, led by Romania (-7.8%), Poland (-7.2%), Belgium (-5.2%) and France (-5.1%). Spain ended 2025 with a deficit of 2.4% of GDP and debt of 100.5%, the fifth highest in the EU after Greece, Italy, France and Belgium.

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