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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Spain 2008

Spain national debt goes up

In 2008 Spain public debt was 440,621 million euros647,975 million dollars, has increased 55,959120,742 million since 2007.

This amount means that the debt in 2008 reached 39.7% of Spain GDP, a 3.9 percentage point rise from 2007, when it was 35.8% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Spain debt. It has risen since 1998 in global debt terms, when it was 346,417 million euros 386,313 million dollars although it has fallen as a percentage of GDP, when it amounted to 62.3%.

According to the last data point published, Spain per capita debt in 2008 was 9,529 euros14,014 dollars per inhabitant. In 2007 it was 8,423 euros 11,545 dollars, afterwards rising by 1,106 euros2,469 dollars, and if we again check 1998 we can see that then the debt per person was 8,595 euros9,585 dollars .

The position of Spain, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2008 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 114 in the list of debt to GDP and 164 in debt per capita, out of the 189 we publish.

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

Spain: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per Capita
2008Q4440,62139.70%€9,529
2008Q3403,72236.40%€8,780
2008Q2390,63835.50%€8,495
2008Q1380,27035.00%€8,327
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Spain: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
2008440,621647,97539.70%€9,529$14,014
2007384,662527,23335.80%€8,423$11,545
2006392,132492,38739.10%€8,756$10,995
2005393,479489,79442.40%€8,941$11,129
2004389,888484,76245.40%€9,005$11,196
2003382,775432,87147.70%€8,996$10,174
2002384,145362,98151.20%€9,184$8,678
2001378,883339,34154.00%€9,233$8,269
2000374,557346,09957.80%€9,211$8,511
1999362,223386,43260.80%€8,950$9,549
1998346,417386,31362.30%€8,595$9,585
1997333,627379,61064.20%€8,311$9,456
1996319,976420,45265.40%€8,005$10,519
1995283,457378,57961.50%€7,121$9,510
1994249,508303,22758.68%€6,294$7,650
1993225,627289,19656.16%€5,718$7,329
1992174,047278,43845.42%€4,433$7,091
1991152,672241,62443.09%€3,910$6,187
1990136,775221,52342.51%€3,518$5,697
1989117,061164,70441.03%€3,013$4,239
1988100,796144,20339.63%€2,598$3,716
198798,919133,62043.14%€2,554$3,450
198688,955105,86343.30%€2,302$2,740
198575,76974,31342.06%€1,966$1,929
198459,92662,17437.08%€1,560$1,619
198343,81751,08430.38%€1,145$1,335
198231,76948,34125.14%€834$1,269
198122,01739,84220.02%€581$1,052
198015,99737,21316.58%€425$989
Spain: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per Capita
December 2008440,62139.71%€9,529
November 2008406,60436.66%€8,842
October 2008387,38234.93%€8,424
September 2008403,72236.40%€8,780
August 2008378,06834.34%€8,222
July 2008377,53434.29%€8,210
June 2008390,63835.48%€8,495
May 2008373,71234.30%€8,183
April 2008368,38133.81%€8,066
March 2008380,27034.91%€8,327
February 2008369,88634.39%€8,099
January 2008365,20433.96%€7,997
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Spain: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

Spain: Evolution of debt in millions