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Germany: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1880–2024 · 122 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
44.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.4 pointsfrom 44.4%
Average, 2015–2024
42.9%10 years
Record high and low
51.6% (2010)low 1.12% (1880)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202444.0
202344.4
202245.0
202145.8
202044.4
201937.2
201839.0
201740.9
201643.2
201544.9

Sources

  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1880–2010
  • IMF Global Debt Database1961–2024
  • World Development Indicators1990
  • WDI (archive)1991–1997

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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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