Germany Government Debt (% of GDP)
Everything federal, provincial and local governments owe combined, compared with the size of the economy.
62.8%
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2000 to 2025
Source: Eurostat gov_10dd_edpt1 · general government, % of GDP, annual.
Germany Government Debt (% of GDP) in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Germany, the government debt rose by 1.4pp in 2025, from 61.4% in 2024.
It is the highest reading since 2022.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 61.4% in 2024 to 67.5% in 2020.
Its average since 2000 is 66.8%, and the latest reading is below that.
Germany is 27th of 62 countries in our Government Debt to GDP by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- Eurostat
- Series
- gov_10dd_edpt1
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, annual data
- Latest observation
- 2025
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-10-28. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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