Germany Government Debt Over Time (1991–2026)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Government Gross Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 64 / 184

Data table

1991	39%	2003	63.3%	2015	71.2%
1992	41.4%	2004	65%	2016	68.3%
1993	45.1%	2005	67.1%	2017	64%
1994	47.5%	2006	66.4%	2018	60.8%
1995	54.9%	2007	63.7%	2019	58.7%
1996	57.7%	2008	65.2%	2020	68%
1997	58.8%	2009	72.4%	2021	67.9%
1998	59.4%	2010	81%	2022	64.4%
1999	60.3%	2011	78.5%	2023	62.3%
2000	59.2%	2012	79.8%	2024	62.2%
2001	58.1%	2013	77.5%	2025	62.9%
2002	59.8%	2014	74.5%	2026	64.6%

Government Gross Debt (Local currency - EUR)

Data table

1991	621B	2003	1.42T	2015	2.2T
1992	708.3B	2004	1.49T	2016	2.18T
1993	792.3B	2005	1.56T	2017	2.13T
1994	872.5B	2006	1.61T	2018	2.09T
1995	1.04T	2007	1.62T	2019	2.08T
1996	1.11T	2008	1.69T	2020	2.35T
1997	1.16T	2009	1.8T	2021	2.5T
1998	1.2T	2010	2.12T	2022	2.57T
1999	1.25T	2011	2.16T	2023	2.63T
2000	1.26T	2012	2.23T	2024	2.69T
2001	1.27T	2013	2.22T	2025	2.81T
2002	1.33T	2014	2.22T	2026	2.99T

Government Net Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 37 / 86

Data table

1995	41.4%	2006	56%	2017	44.7%
1996	44.3%	2007	53.1%	2018	42.1%
1997	45.5%	2008	52.8%	2019	39.8%
1998	46.9%	2009	59.5%	2020	45.3%
1999	48.2%	2010	61.3%	2021	46.2%
2000	45%	2011	59.5%	2022	45.8%
2001	46.2%	2012	58.8%	2023	45.7%
2002	48.7%	2013	57.9%	2024	46%
2003	52.4%	2014	54.5%	2025	47.2%
2004	54.8%	2015	51.7%	2026	49.4%
2005	57.2%	2016	48.9%

Government Net Debt (Local currency - EUR)

Data table

1995	787.2B	2006	1.36T	2017	1.49T
1996	854.3B	2007	1.35T	2018	1.45T
1997	895.9B	2008	1.37T	2019	1.41T
1998	949B	2009	1.48T	2020	1.56T
1999	1T	2010	1.6T	2021	1.7T
2000	958.3B	2011	1.63T	2022	1.83T
2001	1.01T	2012	1.65T	2023	1.93T
2002	1.08T	2013	1.66T	2024	1.99T
2003	1.17T	2014	1.63T	2025	2.11T
2004	1.26T	2015	1.6T	2026	2.28T
2005	1.33T	2016	1.56T