{"id":"oct2026-italy-deficit-debt-2025","canonicalSlug":"oct2026-italy-deficit-debt-2025","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/oct2026-italy-deficit-debt-2025","language":"en","title":"Istat puts Italy’s 2025 deficit at 3.1% of GDP and debt at 136.7%","summary":"The revised notification records net borrowing of €69.7bn and public debt of €3.097tn; the figures cover 2025.","body":["Istat reported on 21 October that Italy’s 2025 general-government net borrowing was €69.736 billion, equal to 3.1% of GDP, compared with €74.835 billion or 3.4% in 2024. The primary balance was a surplus of 0.8% of GDP.","Public debt stood at €3.097 trillion, or 136.7% of GDP, 2.5 percentage points higher than in 2024. Interest expenditure was 3.8% of GDP. Istat said the notification remains subject to Eurostat review."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Istat puts Italy’s 2025 deficit at 3.1% of GDP and debt at 136.7%\n\nThe revised notification records net borrowing of €69.7bn and public debt of €3.097tn; the figures cover 2025.\n\nIstat reported on 21 October that Italy’s 2025 general-government net borrowing was €69.736 billion, equal to 3.1% of GDP, compared with €74.835 billion or 3.4% in 2024. The primary balance was a surplus of 0.8% of GDP.\n\nPublic debt stood at €3.097 trillion, or 136.7% of GDP, 2.5 percentage points higher than in 2024. Interest expenditure was 3.8% of GDP. Istat said the notification remains subject to Eurostat review.","category":"finance","region":"world","topics":["finance","statistics"],"eventDate":"2026-10-21","eventDateBasis":"source-announcement-publication","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T12:32:52Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-22T12:32:52Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-22T12:31:14Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-21","translatedAt":"2026-10-22T12:25:00Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.istat.it/comunicato-stampa/notifica-dellindebitamento-netto-e-del-debito-delle-amministrazioni-pubbliche-secondo-il-trattato-di-maastricht-anni-2022-2025-2/","name":"Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat)","checkedAt":"2026-10-22","attribution":"Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat); factual summary based on the official release; no source text or image reproduced.","publishedAt":"2026-10-21"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/oct2026-italy-deficit-debt-2025","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/oct2026-italy-deficit-debt-2025","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/oct2026-italy-deficit-debt-2025","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/oct2026-italy-deficit-debt-2025","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/oct2026-italy-deficit-debt-2025","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/oct2026-italy-deficit-debt-2025","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/oct2026-italy-deficit-debt-2025"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["statistical-release"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"IT","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation","statistical-estimate"],"measurementPeriod":{"to":"2025","from":"2025","precision":"year"}}}