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Germany: Central government debt

Millions of local currency · 1880–2024 · 122 observations · cgovdebt

2024
1.9 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2023
+2.4%year on year
Average growth, 2014–2024
+3.0%a year

Central government debt

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1e-40.1100100k100M100B18801900192019401960198020002020GermanyGermany
Local currency

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
20241,900,992
20231,857,268
20221,777,268
20211,679,219
20201,527,256
20191,317,913
20181,339,055
20171,365,624
20161,377,909
20151,384,719

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Germany documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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