Spain (2025)
2.4
% of GDP
unchanged YoY
YoY Change
unchanged
percentage points
Trend
neutral
Series length
26
years of data

Data

Spain Government Interest Expenditure (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2025 2.4 unchanged
2024 2.4 unchanged
2023 2.4 +0.1pp
2022 2.3 +0.2pp
2021 2.1 -0.1pp
2020 2.2 -0.1pp
2019 2.3 -0.1pp
2018 2.4 -0.1pp
2017 2.5 -0.3pp
2016 2.8 -0.3pp
2015 3.1 -0.4pp
2014 3.5 -0.1pp
2013 3.6 +0.6pp
2012 3 +0.5pp
2011 2.5 +0.6pp
2010 1.9 +0.2pp
2009 1.7 +0.1pp
2008 1.6 unchanged
2007 1.6 unchanged
2006 1.6 -0.1pp

About this Dataset

Spain recorded 2.4 % of GDP in 2025. That is unchanged on the previous period. Across 2000–2025 the series ranges from 1.6 % of GDP in 2008 to 3.6 % of GDP in 2013.

This page tracks general government interest expenditure as a share of GDP in Spain.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks general government interest expenditure as a share of GDP in Spain. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2000–2025 (26 observations).

The series peaked at 3.6 % of GDP in 2013 and reached its lowest recorded value of 1.6 % of GDP in 2008. The latest reading is 2.4 % of GDP in 2025. That is unchanged on the previous period.