Source · DGAL · 2024 accounts
The map of municipal debt.
11 of Portugal's 307 municipalities had total debt above the legal ceiling in their 2024 accounts. 14 are in the Municipal Support Fund (FAM), the municipal financial rescue programme.
Debt against the legal ceiling (2024 accounts)…
Debt against the legal ceiling (2024 accounts)
under 0.5x0.5 to 1.0x1.0 to 1.5x1.5 to 2.5x2.5x or more
Tap a municipality to interrogate it. Grey: not in the DGAL table.
The law (art. 52 of Law 73/2013) caps each municipality's total debt at 1.5 times its average current revenue over the previous three years. A ratio above 1.0x means debt above that legal ceiling. Darker shades mark the municipalities most indebted against their ceiling.
Furthest over the ceiling
- 01Vila Real de Santo António€125.2M · Faro · FAM2.82x
- 02Fornos de Algodres€25.2M · Guarda · FAM2.33x
- 03Vila Franca do Campo€30.4M · R. A. Açores · FAM2.05x
- 04Cartaxo€47.2M · Santarém · FAM1.86x
- 05Nordeste€11M · R. A. Açores · FAM1.30x
- 06Freixo de Espada à Cinta€12.9M · Bragança · FAM1.27x
- 07Praia da Vitória€23.6M · R. A. Açores1.26x
- 08Fundão€47.3M · Castelo Branco · FAM1.09x
- 09Vila Nova de Poiares€11.9M · Coimbra · FAM1.08x
- 10Alfândega da Fé€13.7M · Bragança · FAM1.07x
- 11Trancoso€16.4M · Guarda1.01x
Data source
DGAL (Directorate-General for Local Authorities)