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Germany: Government debt (% of GDP)

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

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203175.0Forecast
203073.4Forecast
202971.5Forecast
202869.8Forecast
202768.0Forecast
202665.6Forecast
202563.5
202462.2
202362.3
202264.4
202167.9
202068.0
201958.7
201860.8
201764.0
201668.3

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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