In 2016 Portugal public debt was 245,245 million euros271,387 million dollars, has increased 9,4999,797 million since 2015.
This amount means that the debt in 2016 reached 131.5% of Portugal GDP, a 0.3 percentage point rise from 2015, when it was 131.2% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Portugal debt. It has risen since 2006 in global debt terms, when it was 122,500 million euros 153,819 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 73.7%.
According to the last data point published, Portugal per capita debt in 2016 was 23,788 euros26,324 dollars per inhabitant. In 2015 it was 22,797 euros 25,296 dollars, afterwards rising by 991 euros1,028 dollars, and if we again check 2006 we can see that then the debt per person was 11,631 euros14,604 dollars .
The position of Portugal, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2016 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 184 in the list of debt to GDP and 172 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.