Government Debt / Portugal
Portugal Government Debt
Portugal government debt data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 5.66%.
COUNTRY: Portugal
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-08-17 05:10:35
GM ECONOMY RATING
Portugal · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
60 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
15.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
15.0 / 20
External stability
6.0 / 15
Financial robustness
3.0 / 15
Structural stability
14.0 / 15
Future capacity
8.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
2.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Portugal · government debt data as percent of GDP.
Latest
5.66%
Previous
8.25%
Range avg.
6.95%
Rank
46
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CountryPortugal
IndicatorGovernment Debt
5.66%1994 · Rank 46
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Portugal recorded 5.66% for Government Debt in 1994, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 1993, the indicator decreased by 2.59 percentage points, from 8.25% to 5.66%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 2 available observations (6.95%).
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