🇵🇹 Portugal National Debt Clock
Live tracker for Portugal government debt. The national debt currently stands at approximately $311.1 billion, growing at $190 every second based on IMF fiscal deficit projections. Debt-to-GDP: 106%. Per-citizen share: $30,208.
About Portugal's National Debt
Portugal's debt-to-GDP ratio of 106% exceeds the IMF's 90% threshold associated with potential growth drag. Stabilising the ratio would require sustained primary surpluses — spending less than tax revenue before interest payments.
At the current borrowing rate of $190 per second, Portugal adds approximately $0.0 billion to its national debt every day — around $6 billion per year. Each of Portugal's 10 million citizens carries an individual share of approximately $30,208 of the national debt.
Figures are computed by Global Debt Clock using linear extrapolation from IMF Government Finance Statistics and World Bank International Debt Statistics baseline data anchored to April 2025. Actual debt changes through discrete bond issuances — these counters illustrate the approximate scale and pace of sovereign borrowing.
Data & Citation
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook · World Bank International Debt Statistics · baseline anchored .
Methodology: debt = 304,000,000,000 + 190 × seconds_since(2025-04-01)
Machine-readable data: /api/debt?c=pt (live JSON) · /data/debt.json (full dataset)
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