IMF Government Finance Statistics · updated 2026-10-03 · 77 economies tracked
21.35 (2024)
##2 of 77 economies
4.1%
1.04×
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
Real annual global ranks, 2017 - 2025. Italy climbed from #6 to #2 (overtook Austria). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for Italy ↓Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
One of Europe's largest GDP contractions on record.
Government Total Liabilities (% of GDP), Government Economic Affairs Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Financial Assets (% of GDP), Government Net Wealth Change from Other Economic Flows (% of GDP)
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