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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Portugal 2015

The national debt increased in Portugal

In 2015 Portugal public debt was 235,746 million euros261,590 million dollars, has increased 5,68744,121 million since 2014.

This amount means that the debt in 2015 reached 131.2% of Portugal GDP, a 1.7 percentage point fall from 2014, when it was 132.9% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Portugal debt. It has risen since 2005 in global debt terms, when it was 114,553 million euros 142,593 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 72.2%.

According to the last data point published, Portugal per capita debt in 2015 was 22,797 euros25,296 dollars per inhabitant. In 2014 it was 22,175 euros 29,467 dollars, afterwards rising by 622 euros4,171 dollars, and if we again check 2005 we can see that then the debt per person was 10,897 euros13,565 dollars .

The position of Portugal, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2015 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 185 in the list of debt to GDP and 174 in debt per capita, out of the 191 we publish.

In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in Portugal. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about Portugal in economy of Portugal.

Portugal: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per Capita
2015Q4235,746131.20%€22,797
2015Q3236,361132.60%€22,782
2015Q2231,442131.00%€22,308
2015Q1232,288132.90%€22,390
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Portugal: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
2015235,746261,590131.20%€22,797$25,296
2014230,059305,711132.90%€22,175$29,467
2013224,078297,607131.40%€21,490$28,541
2012217,160279,180129.00%€20,707$26,621
2011201,459280,373114.40%€19,109$26,595
2010179,996238,819100.20%€17,025$22,588
2009154,014214,58387.80%€14,566$20,294
2008135,478199,23375.60%€12,826$18,861
2007127,626174,92972.70%€12,093$16,576
2006122,500153,81973.70%€11,631$14,604
2005114,553142,59372.20%€10,897$13,565
2004102,158127,01767.10%€9,734$12,103
200393,333105,54863.90%€8,912$10,078
200285,59580,87960.00%€8,195$7,744
200177,90869,77757.40%€7,495$6,713
200069,59264,30454.20%€6,736$6,225
199966,26770,69655.40%€6,466$6,898
199861,93069,03355.60%€6,080$6,777
199759,59268,82158.70%€5,881$6,791
199661,11277,65563.30%€6,060$7,701
199556,51073,52662.20%€5,626$7,321
199449,77060,23660.42%€4,973$6,018
199343,48054,44957.23%€4,359$5,459
199242,20362,81258.10%€4,239$6,310
199141,30057,46363.92%€4,151$5,775
199033,93047,83260.21%€3,403$4,797
Portugal: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

Portugal: Evolution of debt in millions