Until 2014, the country did not pay, in net terms, a single euro in interest: it borrowed enough from official sources at subsidized rates to pay 100% of its interest bill and then some. This situation supposedly changed a bit in 2014, the first year that the country made a small contribution to its interest bill, having run a primary surplus of barely 0.8% of GDP (or 0.5% of its debt of 170% of GDP).
但真相是希腊的衰退与过度债务负担没什么联系。2014年以前，从净值角度，该国从未偿还一个子儿的利息：它以补贴利率从官方资源借入了足够多的资金100%偿付利息还有余。这一情况据说在2014年略有改变，希腊第一次自讨腰包偿还了一点点利息，出现了大约相当于0.8%的GDP的初级盈余（或相当于其占GDP的170%的债务的0.5%）。