Debt to GDP

Portugal’s net external debt fell to 35.67% of GDP in the first quarter of this year, the lowest level since the second quarter of 2001, representing 111 billion euros, the Bank of Portugal [...]

Portuguese economy debt fell in 2025 to 277.9% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the lowest value since records began, driven by the country’s strong economic performance, according to the [...]

Portugal’s public debt management office, the Agency of the Treasury and Public Debt,  repurchased €886 million in sovereign bonds on Monday, bringing the total buybacks for December to €4.5Bn or [...]

Portugal’s National Statistics institute (INE) revised Portugal’s growth upwards on Tuesday with the economy growing a further €6.6Bn for 2023 and 2024 in real terms. And Portugal’s economy grew [...]

The US ratings agency Standard & Poor’s raised Portugal’s rating on Friday from A- to A with a positive outlook and could put the rating up again over the next two years. In a press release [...]

Debt from the Portuguese State, companies and households increased by €17Bn in 2024, to €814.1Bn, according to data released this Friday by the Bank of Portugal. Of this total, €454.6Bn relate to [...]

Portugal is one of only three countries in the Euro Zone expecting surpluses at the end of this year according to Brussels. However, when it comes to growth, it is further down the ranking and [...]

The government net surplus achieved by the outgoing minister of Finance, Fernando Medina in 2023 was 1.2% of GDP according to the National Statistics Institute. (INE) Portugal’s public debt has [...]

Total debt for the non-financial sector, meaning the public sector, companies and private individuals, fell to 806.6Bn in July, a reduction of 0.4Bn on June according to data from the Bank of [...]

The ratings agency DBRS has raised the rating on Portugal’s national debt to ‘A Stable Outlook’ for the second time in the space of a year. The agency did so because Portugal’s [...]