Portugal External Debt: % of GDP

Key information about Portugal External Debt: % of GDP

• Portugal External Debt accounted for 145.3 % of the country's Nominal GDP in 2025, compared with the ratio of 144.7 % in the previous year.
• Portugal External Debt: % of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1996 to Dec 2025.
• The data reached an all-time high of 236.0 % in Dec 2012 and a record low of 66.0 % in Dec 1996.

CEIC calculates External Debt as % of Nominal GDP from quarterly External Debt and annual Nominal GDP. Banco de Portugal provides External Debt in EUR. Statistics Portugal provides Nominal GDP in EUR.


Related information about Portugal External Debt: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Portugal, Current Account recorded a surplus of 692.3 USD mn in Apr 2026.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 1.6 USD bn in Sep 2025.
• Portugal Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 266.9 USD mn in Apr 2026.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 8.4 USD bn in Mar 2026.
• The country's External Debt reached 533,397.3 in Mar 2026.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 90.8 USD bn in Sep 2025.

View Portugal's External Debt: % of GDP from 1996 to 2025 in the chart:

What was Portugal's External Debt: % of GDP in 2025?

Portugal External Debt accounted for 145.3 % of the country's Nominal GDP in 2025, compared with the ratio of 144.7 % in the previous year. See the table below for more data.

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
145.3 2025	144.7 2024	66.0 1996	236.0 2012	%	yearly	1996 - 2025

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