In 2008 Italy public debt was 1,738,697 million euros2,556,845 million dollars, has increased 61,037257,391 million since 2007.
This amount means that the debt in 2008 reached 106.2% of Italy GDP, a 2.3 percentage point rise from 2007, when it was 103.9% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Italy debt. It has risen since 1998 in global debt terms, when it was 1,299,741 million euros 1,451,353 million dollars although it has fallen as a percentage of GDP, when it amounted to 114.1%.
According to the last data point published, Italy per capita debt in 2008 was 29,469 euros43,336 dollars per inhabitant. In 2007 it was 28,603 euros 39,204 dollars, afterwards rising by 866 euros4,132 dollars, and if we again check 1998 we can see that then the debt per person was 22,839 euros25,503 dollars .
The position of Italy, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2008 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 180 in the list of debt to GDP and 187 in debt per capita, out of the 189 we publish.
In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in Italy. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about Italy in economy of Italy.