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Portugal: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1851–2024 · 174 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
101.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−2.2 pointsfrom 103.7%
Average, 2015–2024
122.4%10 years
Record high and low
137.9% (2020)low 14.7% (1974)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2024101.5
2023103.7
2022116.1
2021128.3
2020137.9
2019119.0
2018124.3
2017128.7
2016132.6
2015131.9

Sources

  • Instituto Nacional de Estatística1851–1953
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1912
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1972–2010
  • World Development Indicators1993–1994
  • WDI (archive)1993–1996

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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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