Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private no guaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. 它是长期公共债务、公共担保债务和私人非担保长期债务、IMF货款和短期外债的总和。
Overall, it is in external balance and its combined public debt, as a percentage of gross domestic product, is lower than the US. 整体而言,欧元区处于外部平衡状态,其公共部门总债务相对于国内生产总值(gdp)的百分比低于美国。