Greece’s crippling debt mountain

Greece’s new Syriza-led government faces bailout repayments of more than €10.8 billion to the so-called troika* in 2015. Roughly 80% of its current debt of €317bn – around €254bn – is owed to the troika

Greek debt to GDP (%)

Estimates by Eurogroup

2009: Greek debt reaches 113% of GDP – nearly double eurozone limit of 60%

2010: €110bn bailout

2011: €130bn bailout

2010-14: Greece repays €149.2bn, including €96.5bn in loans and €52.7bn in interest

2015: €4.3bn in loan repayments due in March, €3.5bn in July and €3bn in August

Greek government forced to impose €65bn in austerity measures between 2010 and 2014

€26.0bn ECB

€69.2bn Other

€322.5bn Total owed by Greece (Jan 2015)

€32.5bn IMF

€194.8bn EU

0
2009
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
50
100
150
200
113
130
146
171
157
175
184
175

168
161
154
148
142
135

*European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund and European Commission

Sources: Eurostat, Eurogroup, Jubilee Debt Campaign, Financial Times