Madrid, May 17 The balance of the Spanish public debt rose in March to a new maximum of 1.53 trillion euros, which represents 113% of the gross domestic product (GDP), two tenths less than at the end of 2022 (113.2%).
According to data released this Wednesday by the Bank of Spain, the debt rose 5.6% in March compared to a year earlier.
By administrations, the State debt rose to 1.36 trillion euros, with an interannual increase of 7%, while that of Social Security stood at 106,172 million, with the same percentage increase.
Other units of the Spanish Central Administration accumulated 42,480 million, with a decrease of 10.5%.
In the case of the autonomous regions, it grew by 4% in twelve months, to 322,271 million, while the debt of local corporations increased by 2.75%, to 23,066 million.
From the sum of these amounts, 322,440 million are subtracted, corresponding to the consolidation in the Public Administrations as a whole. In other words, the debt held by the different subsectors that make them up, which increased by 7.7% year-on-year. EFE
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