At the end of the third quarter of 2019, the government debt to GDP ratio in the euro area (EA19) stood at 86.1%, compared with 86.4% at the end of the second quarter of 2019. In the EU28, the ratio decreased from 80.4% to 80.1%. Compared with the third quarter of 2018, the government debt to GDP ratio fell in both the euro area (from 87.1% to 86.1%) and the EU28 (from 81.4% to 80.1%).