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Government debt (% of GDP) / Germany
General government gross debt as a share of GDP (Maastricht definition).
Latest published
Government debt (% of GDP) in Germany was 62.8 % of GDP (2025).
1.4 percentage points
Compared with a year earlier
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Data: Eurostat, dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, processed by SwedenMetrics.
Sweden · 2025
35.1 % of GDP
Data: Eurostat, dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, processed by SwedenMetrics.
European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) · 2025
81.5 % of GDP
Data: Eurostat, dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, processed by SwedenMetrics.
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General government gross debt as a share of GDP (Maastricht definition).
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Data: Eurostat, dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, processed by SwedenMetrics.
The figures behind the chart
| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 62.8 |
| 2024 | 61.4 |
| 2023 | 61.8 |
| 2022 | 64.1 |
| 2021 | 67.4 |
| 2020 | 67.5 |
| 2019 | 58.3 |
| 2018 | 60.5 |
| 2017 | 63.7 |
| 2016 | 68.1 |
| 2015 | 71 |
| 2014 | 74.4 |
Data: Eurostat, dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, processed by SwedenMetrics.