Glossary:Government debt structure survey
Eurostat's annual Government debt structure survey, also debt survey for short, collects data on the gross debt of general government, as well as its subsectors: central government, local government and, where applicable social security funds and state government. The purpose of the survey is to study the structure of debt in Europe in detail.
The survey contained eleven tables: a set of five tables (central government debt, state government debt, local government debt, social security funds’ debt and general government debt) for the year t-2 and the same set of tables for the year t-1, all offering a detailed breakdown by initial maturity and by sector of debt holder, as well as a table with additional classifications of government debt (currency denomination, remaining maturity, market value of government debt and government guarantees (part of contingent liabilities).
Results become public at around t+6 months after the end of the reference period.