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Italy: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1861–2025 · 165 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2025
137.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.4 pointsfrom 134.7%
Average, 2016–2025
138.0%10 years
Record high and low
160.4% (1920)low 24.4% (1947)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031134.2Forecast
2030134.5Forecast
2029135.1Forecast
2028135.5Forecast
2027136.7Forecast
2026135.9Forecast
2025137.1
2024134.7
2023133.9
2022138.4
2021145.8
2020154.4
2019133.9
2018134.2
2017133.7
2016134.2

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Italy documentation (PDF)

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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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