IMF Global Debt Database · updated 2026-10-03 · 88 economies tracked
135.33 (2024)
##85 of 88 economies
2.6%
4.37×
1 = global #1 · lower value ranks higher
Real annual global ranks, 1950 - 2024. Italy climbed from #5 to #85 (overtook Portugal). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for Italy ↓Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
Lira leaves the ERM amid a European exchange-rate turmoil.
Italy joins the single currency as a founding member.
Bond yields spike; Berlusconi resigns amid crisis management.
One of Europe's largest GDP contractions on record.
Government Total Liabilities (% of GDP), Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Economic Affairs Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Financial Assets (% of GDP)
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