In 2009 Spain public debt was 569,535 million euros793,515 million dollars, has increased 128,914145,540 million since 2008.
This amount means that the debt in 2009 reached 53.3% of Spain GDP, a 13.6 percentage point rise from 2008, when it was 39.7% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Spain debt. It has risen since 1999 in global debt terms, when it was 362,223 million euros 386,432 million dollars although it has fallen as a percentage of GDP, when it amounted to 60.8%.
According to the last data point published, Spain per capita debt in 2009 was 12,252 euros17,070 dollars per inhabitant. In 2008 it was 9,529 euros 14,014 dollars, afterwards rising by 2,723 euros3,056 dollars, and if we again check 1999 we can see that then the debt per person was 8,950 euros9,549 dollars .
The position of Spain, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2009 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 135 in the list of debt to GDP and 166 in debt per capita, out of the 190 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.