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Government debt in Germany

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Germany's government debt is 62.90 % — #75 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

62.90%

Checked 8 Sept 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: 77.50 %2014: 74.50 %2015: 71.20 %2016: 68.30 %2017: 64.00 %2018: 60.80 %2019: 58.70 %2020: 68.00 %2021: 67.90 %2022: 64.40 %2023: 62.30 %2024: 62.20 %2025: 62.90 %19912008202562.90 %
35 official observations, 1991 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#75 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
40 %
49 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.70 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
18.10 pp
peak 81.00 % in 2010
Full series
▲ 23.90 pp
since 1991

In Europe: #24 of 37vs median 54.55 %: +8.35 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Germany: ahead of 40 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtGermany 62.90 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. 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 Slovakia61.60 %−1.30 pp
74 Mexico61.80 %−1.10 pp
75 Germany62.90 %—
76 Rwanda64.60 %+1.70 pp
77 Thailand64.70 %+1.80 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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