Greece's public debt was 176.3 pct of GDP in the first quarter of 2016, down 0.6 pct from the fourth quarter of 2015, but up 5.8 pct from the same period last year, Eurostat said in a report released here on Friday.

Greek public debt reached 168.8 pct of the country’s GDP in the first quarter of 2015, remaining the highest among EU member-states, Eurostat said on Wednesday.