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Government debt in Germany

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Germany's government debt is 62.70 % — #75 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

62.70%

Checked 22 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.6 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Germany over time

81.00 %60.00 %39.00 %81.00 % · 201039.00 % · 19911991: 39.00 %1992: 41.40 %1993: 45.10 %1994: 47.50 %1995: 54.90 %1996: 57.70 %1997: 58.80 %1998: 59.40 %1999: 60.30 %2000: 59.20 %2001: 58.10 %2002: 59.80 %2003: 63.30 %2004: 65.00 %2005: 67.10 %2006: 66.40 %2007: 63.70 %2008: 65.20 %2009: 72.40 %2010: 81.00 %2011: 78.50 %2012: 79.80 %2013: 77.40 %2014: 74.40 %2015: 71.00 %2016: 68.10 %2017: 63.70 %2018: 60.50 %2019: 58.30 %2020: 67.50 %2021: 67.40 %2022: 64.10 %2023: 61.80 %2024: 61.40 %2025: 62.70 %19912008202562.70 %
35 official observations, 1991 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#75 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
40 %
50 of 125 countries
Latest move
▲ 1.30 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
18.30 pp
peak 81.00 % in 2010
Full series
▲ 23.70 pp
since 1991

In Europe: #24 of 37vs median 54.70 %: +8.00 pp (worse)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Germany: ahead of 40 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtGermany 62.70 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Germany is ahead of 40 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Germany
73 Slovakia61.40 %−1.30 pp
74 Mexico61.70 %−1.00 pp
75 Germany62.70 %—
76 Montenegro63.50 %+0.80 pp
77 Thailand64.70 %+2.00 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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