Definition: Government debt structure survey

Category: Government finance, fiscal and public sector statistics

Annual survey conducted by Eurostat to collect data on the debt of general government, as well as its sub-sectors: central government, local government, social security funds and, where applicable, state government. The purpose of the survey is to study the structure of debt in Europe in detail. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Debt_survey