OREANDA-NEWS. February 18, 2015. Spanish public debt rose to 97.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in December, according to Reuters calculations based on Bank of Spain and National Statistics Institute figures, just below the 2014 target of 97.6 percent.

Public debt rose by 10.9 billion euros (\\$12.39 billion) in December from a month earlier to 1.03 trillion euros, Bank of Spain data showed on Tuesday.

The government expects debt-to-GDP ratio of 100.3 percent by the end of this year.