Germany
Government debt in Germany
Government debt in Germany: 39% of GDP in 1991 and 62.7% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 62.7% of GDP
- Since 1991
- +23.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 51 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 75.6% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 75.6% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 81% of GDP in 2010, the lowest 39% of GDP in 1991.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Germany |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 62.7 |
| 2024 | 61.4 |
| 2023 | 61.8 |
| 2022 | 64.1 |
| 2021 | 67.4 |
| 2020 | 67.5 |
| 2019 | 58.4 |
| 2018 | 60.5 |
| 2017 | 63.7 |
| 2016 | 68.1 |
| 2015 | 71 |
| 2014 | 74.4 |
| 2013 | 77.4 |
| 2012 | 79.8 |
| 2011 | 78.5 |
| 2010 | 81 |
| 2009 | 72.4 |
| 2008 | 65.2 |
| 2007 | 63.7 |
| 2006 | 66.4 |
| 2005 | 67.1 |
| 2004 | 65 |
| 2003 | 63.3 |
| 2002 | 59.8 |
| 2001 | 58.1 |
| 2000 | 59.2 |
| 1999 | 60.4 |
| 1998 | 59.4 |
| 1997 | 58.8 |
| 1996 | 57.7 |
| 1995 | 54.9 |
| 1994 | 47.5 |
| 1993 | 45.1 |
| 1992 | 41.4 |
| 1991 | 39 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Germany |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 64.6 |
| 2027 | 67 |
| 2028 | 69.3 |
| 2029 | 71.5 |
| 2030 | 73.6 |
| 2031 | 75.6 |
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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- Military spending2.27% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$107B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,346 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel183,000 people in 2020
- National power1.5% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1.63 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1.7 billion TIV in 2025
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