In 2009 Greece public debt was 301,062 million euros419,460 million dollars, has increased 36,28730,084 million since 2008.
This amount means that the debt in 2009 reached 126.7% of Greece GDP, a 17.3 percentage point rise from 2008, when it was 109.4% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Greece debt. It has risen since 1999 in global debt terms, when it was 136,513 million euros 147,778 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 98.9%.
According to the last data point published, Greece per capita debt in 2009 was 27,076 euros37,724 dollars per inhabitant. In 2008 it was 23,865 euros 35,096 dollars, afterwards rising by 3,211 euros2,628 dollars, and if we again check 1999 we can see that then the debt per person was 12,669 euros13,714 dollars .
The position of Greece, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2009 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 182 in the list of debt to GDP and 184 in debt per capita, out of the 190 we publish.
In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in Greece. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about Greece in economy of Greece.