According to the set of data published by Eurostat on Monday, the Greek public debt was estimated to be 160.5% GDP in first trimester of 2013.
The data also indicates that the Greek debt increased by 24.1% since the first trimester of 2012 and by 3.7% compared to the last trimester of 2012.
At 160.5%, Greece has the highest debt to GDP ration in the Eurozone and EU. Italy is second with 130.3%, followed by Portugal (127.2%) and Ireland (125.1%).
On average the public debt of the 17 Eurozone members rose to 92.2% during the first semester, from 88.2% in the first trimester and 90.6% in the last trimester of 2012.
