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 Proportion of private households with debt (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Proportion of private households with debt (%) by Type of debt and Sex of the reference person; Irregular - 0013002
Regularity Irregular
Source INE, BdP, Household Finance and Consumption Survey
First available period 2017
Last available period 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
  • Type of debt
  • Sex of the reference person
Concepts
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
  • HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE PERSON:  Person with the highest proportion of household income.
  • PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD:  A group of people living at the same dwelling, with either "de jure" or "de facto" family relationships,occupying the all or part of a dwelling; or a single person that fully or partly accupies a dwelling.
Definition Debts: mortgages i.e. loans collateralised by real estate owned by the household (main residence or other properties), loans not collateralised by real estate (non-mortgage loans), as well as debts associated with credit cards, credit lines or overdrafts, on which interest is charged. The value of liabilities corresponds to amounts outstanding at the time of the interview.
Formule (Private household with debt / Private household residing in national territory) *100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 05/08/2026


information presented in 16/8/2026