Germany vs Greece

Germany vs Greece: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 62.7% of GDP in Germany and 146.6% of GDP in Greece, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by 83.9 percentage points, or 2.34 times that in Germany.

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% of GDP · IMF

Germany vs Greece: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 62.7% of GDP in Germany and 146.6% of GDP in Greece, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by 83.9 percentage points, or 2.34 times that in Germany.
GermanyGreeceIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Greece has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1991.
  • In 2025, Germany ranked 51 and Greece ranked 2 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Germany at 75.6% of GDP and Greece at 111.1% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearGermanyGreece
202562.7146.6
202461.4155.4
202361.8165.5
202264.1179.2
202167.4197.8
202067.5209.9
201958.4183.7
201860.5189.6
201763.7182.6
201668.1183.7
201571180
201474.4182.8
201377.4180.5
201279.8164.3
201178.5175.1
201081147.8
200972.4128.5
200865.2110.9
200763.7104.6
200666.4105.3
200567.1109.9
200465105.5
200363.3104.3
200259.8107.9
200158.1110.5
200059.2108.9
199960.4102.8
199859.4100.8
199758.8102.6
199657.7103.7
199554.9100.4
199447.599.7
199345.1101.7
199241.481.1
19913975.7
1990–74.2
1989–60.7
1988–57.9
1987–53.2
1986–47.8
1985–47.3
1984–40.6
1983–34.1
1982–29.7
1981–27.1
1980–22.8
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearGermanyGreece
202664.6136
202767128.7
202869.3124.1
202971.5119.9
203073.6115.3
203175.6111.1

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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