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Spain: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1850–2024 · 171 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
93.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−2.2 pointsfrom 95.8%
Average, 2015–2024
94.6%10 years
Record high and low
171.6% (1876)low 7.98% (1976)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202493.6
202395.8
202299.0
2021103.7
2020107.0
201987.5
201889.4
201789.8
201689.9
201590.5

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1850–2010
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • World Development Indicators1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1972–1995

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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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