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Government debt in Italy

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Italy's government debt is 137.10 % — #119 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

137.10%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 1.4 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Italy over time

154.40 %125.05 %95.70 %154.40 % · 202095.70 % · 19881988: 95.70 %1989: 98.40 %1990: 101.70 %1991: 105.30 %1992: 113.00 %1993: 124.10 %1994: 130.80 %1995: 119.10 %1996: 118.90 %1997: 116.50 %1998: 113.90 %1999: 113.10 %2000: 108.70 %2001: 108.50 %2002: 105.90 %2003: 105.10 %2004: 104.70 %2005: 106.20 %2006: 106.30 %2007: 103.50 %2008: 105.80 %2009: 116.10 %2010: 118.80 %2011: 119.10 %2012: 125.90 %2013: 131.90 %2014: 134.80 %2015: 134.80 %2016: 134.20 %2017: 133.70 %2018: 134.20 %2019: 133.90 %2020: 154.40 %2021: 145.80 %2022: 138.40 %2023: 133.90 %2024: 134.70 %2025: 137.10 %198820072025137.10 %
38 official observations, 1988 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#119 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
5 %
6 of 125 countries
Latest move
▲ 2.40 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
17.30 pp
peak 154.40 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 41.40 pp
since 1988

In Europe: #36 of 37vs median 54.70 %: +82.40 pp (worse)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Italy: ahead of 5 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtItaly 137.10 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Italy is ahead of 5 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Italy
117 France115.50 %−21.60 pp
118 United States124.40 %−12.70 pp
119 Italy137.10 %—
120 Lebanon139.40 %+2.30 pp
121 Bahrain144.30 %+7.20 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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