ROME- Italy's public debt last year amounted to 134.8% of gross domestic product, the Bank of Italy reported on Monday, revising up a previous estimate of 132.2% made in April.
The 2017 debt-to-GDP ratio was revised to 134.1% from 131.4%.
The latest data show that Italy's debt, which is proportionally the highest in the euro zone after Greece's, was little changed between 2015 and 2018, when it hovered between 135.3% and 134.1% of GDP.
The debt-to-GDP ratio was revised up for each of the four years.
Earlier on Monday, national statistics bureau ISTAT revised Italy's gross domestic product and budget deficit data for 2018, which showed GDP growth of 0.8% and a budget deficit-to-GDP ratio of 2.2%.
(Reporting By Gavin Jones) ((gavin.jones@thomsonreuters.com; +39 06 8522 4232;))
