In 2012 Portugal public debt was 217,160 million euros279,180 million dollars, has increased 15,7011,193 million since 2011.
This amount means that the debt in 2012 reached 129% of Portugal GDP, a 14.6 percentage point rise from 2011, when it was 114.4% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Portugal debt. It has risen since 2002 in global debt terms, when it was 85,595 million euros 80,879 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 60%.
According to the last data point published, Portugal per capita debt in 2012 was 20,707 euros26,621 dollars per inhabitant. In 2011 it was 19,109 euros 26,595 dollars, afterwards rising by 1,598 euros26 dollars, and if we again check 2002 we can see that then the debt per person was 8,195 euros7,744 dollars .
The position of Portugal, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2012 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 186 in the list of debt to GDP and 173 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.