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Germany: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1871–2025 · 138 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2025
63.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.3 pointsfrom 62.2%
Average, 2016–2025
64.0%10 years
Record high and low
171.6% (1943)low 11.4% (1927)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203173.7Forecast
203072.0Forecast
202970.2Forecast
202868.4Forecast
202766.6Forecast
202664.5Forecast
202563.5
202462.2
202362.3
202264.4
202167.9
202068.0
201958.7
201860.8
201764.0
201668.3

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1871–2020
  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1880–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1880–2023
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • AMECO (European Commission)1991–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1991–2025
  • Eurostat1995–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1995–2025
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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