# Italy Government external (FX) debt

Italy Government external (FX) debt was 1,162,678 Million euro in Q2 2026, up 4.7% from Q1 2026 and up 13.4% from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since the series began in Q1 2000.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 689,089 Million euro (Q4 2018) to 1,162,678 Million euro (Q2 2026), averaging 808,281 Million euro.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `IT.GOVEXTDEBT.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: Million euro
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (106 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/italy/government-external-fx-debt

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,162,678 Million euro |
| Q1 2026 | 1,110,900 Million euro |
| Q4 2025 | 1,063,240 Million euro |
| Q3 2025 | 1,044,034 Million euro |
| Q2 2025 | 1,025,620 Million euro |
| Q1 2025 | 974,044 Million euro |
| Q4 2024 | 916,014 Million euro |
| Q3 2024 | 883,271 Million euro |
| Q2 2024 | 851,810 Million euro |
| Q1 2024 | 821,914 Million euro |
| Q4 2023 | 781,383 Million euro |
| Q3 2023 | 759,728 Million euro |
| Q2 2023 | 756,455 Million euro |
| Q1 2023 | 723,664 Million euro |
| Q4 2022 | 731,374 Million euro |
| Q3 2022 | 741,468 Million euro |
| Q2 2022 | 762,780 Million euro |
| Q1 2022 | 781,300 Million euro |
| Q4 2021 | 777,058 Million euro |
| Q3 2021 | 809,112 Million euro |
| Q2 2021 | 811,304 Million euro |
| Q1 2021 | 803,472 Million euro |
| Q4 2020 | 765,212 Million euro |
| Q3 2020 | 764,198 Million euro |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IT.GOVEXTDEBT.Q.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IT.GOVEXTDEBT.Q.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```