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Italy: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1861–2024 · 164 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
132.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.0 pointsfrom 131.5%
Average, 2015–2024
133.8%10 years
Record high and low
159.1% (1920)low 25.3% (1947)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2024132.5
2023131.5
2022134.6
2021141.6
2020149.9
2019129.7
2018129.8
2017129.1
2016129.4
2015129.6

Sources

  • Banca d'Italia1861–2010
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1861–2010
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • WDI (archive)1978–1992
  • World Development Indicators1991–1992

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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