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Government debt (% of GDP) / Italy
General government gross debt as a share of GDP (Maastricht definition).
Latest published
Government debt (% of GDP) in Italy was 136.7 % of GDP (2025).
2.4 percentage points
Compared with a year earlier
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Data: Eurostat, dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, processed by SwedenMetrics.
Sweden · 2025
35.1 % of GDP
Data: Eurostat, dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, processed by SwedenMetrics.
European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) · 2025
81.5 % of GDP
Data: Eurostat, dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, processed by SwedenMetrics.
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General government gross debt as a share of GDP (Maastricht definition).
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Data: Eurostat, dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, processed by SwedenMetrics.
The figures behind the chart
| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 136.7 |
| 2024 | 134.3 |
| 2023 | 134 |
| 2022 | 138.4 |
| 2021 | 146.1 |
| 2020 | 154.7 |
| 2019 | 134.2 |
| 2018 | 134.5 |
| 2017 | 134 |
| 2016 | 134.5 |
| 2015 | 135 |
| 2014 | 135 |
Data: Eurostat, dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, processed by SwedenMetrics.