Pará entered the election year with a gross debt equivalent to 23% of the RCL (Net Current Revenue) and now has a wide fiscal margin.
the State ended 2025 with the 9th lowest debt in the country. The limit established by the Fiscal Responsibility Law is 200% of the RCL.
The scenario is of greater fiscal restrictions in other states. Data from the BC (Central Bank) shows that
The exceeded the limit and the debt reached 226% of the RCL. Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais and São Paulo have debts equivalent to more than 100% of each State’s revenue.
In Pará, debt has grown in recent years, going from R$4.1 billion in 2018 to R$10.3 billion in 2025. But the State raised more and used its own resources in more than half of the investments, without contracting credit operations.
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