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Spain: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1850–2025 · 172 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2025
100.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.0 pointsfrom 101.6%
Average, 2016–2025
105.2%10 years
Record high and low
165.0% (1876)low 11.5% (1974)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203192.8Forecast
203094.1Forecast
202995.5Forecast
202896.9Forecast
202799.1Forecast
202699.8Forecast
2025100.7
2024101.6
2023105.2
2022109.3
2021115.7
2020119.3
201997.7
201899.8
2017101.2
2016102.0

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Spain 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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