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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Germany 2023

Public debt went up in Germany

In 2023 Germany public debt was 2,622,669 million euros2,835,892 million dollars, has increased 60,995134,722 million since 2022.

This amount means that the debt in 2023 reached 63.6% of Germany GDP, a 2.5 percentage point fall from 2022, when it was 66.1% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Germany debt. It has risen since 2013 in global debt terms, when it was 2,201,918 million euros 2,924,451 million dollars although it has fallen as a percentage of GDP, when it amounted to 78.3%.

According to the last data point published, Germany per capita debt in 2023 was 31,089 euros33,617 dollars per inhabitant. In 2022 it was 30,366 euros 32,020 dollars, afterwards rising by 723 euros1,597 dollars, and if we again check 2013 we can see that then the debt per person was 27,262 euros36,208 dollars .

The position of Germany, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2023 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 115 in the list of debt to GDP and 170 in debt per capita, out of the 191 we publish.

In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in Germany. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about Germany in economy of Germany.

Germany: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per Capita
2023Q42,622,66963.60%€31,089
2023Q32,627,24764.70%€31,144
2023Q22,586,47164.60%€30,660
2023Q12,587,20165.60%€30,669
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Germany: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
20232,622,6692,835,89263.60%€31,089$33,617
20222,561,6742,701,17066.10%€30,366$32,020
20212,495,5382,968,69069.00%€29,981$35,665
20202,340,8492,641,02968.80%€28,150$31,760
20192,069,8892,290,41159.60%€24,888$27,540
20182,083,6752,436,97661.90%€25,099$29,354
20172,130,3242,384,32265.20%€25,731$28,799
20162,161,5512,391,95569.00%€26,194$28,986
20152,177,2312,415,91171.90%€26,495$29,399
20142,203,7432,928,43075.30%€27,141$36,066
20132,201,9182,924,45178.30%€27,262$36,208
20122,216,7052,849,80280.70%€27,529$35,391
20112,139,1492,977,07879.40%€26,630$37,062
20102,102,6722,789,82482.00%€26,211$34,776
20091,789,2132,492,85373.20%€21,872$30,474
20081,672,5762,459,68165.70%€20,397$29,995
20071,603,6692,198,05264.20%€19,505$26,734
20061,595,3122,003,17766.90%€19,381$24,336
20051,545,6701,924,01567.50%€18,749$23,339
20041,475,1831,834,15065.20%€17,881$22,232
20031,405,1951,589,10363.50%€17,026$19,254
20021,317,6801,245,08359.90%€15,965$15,085
20011,264,2671,132,32258.20%€15,336$13,735
20001,251,5311,156,44159.30%€15,214$14,058
19991,243,6661,326,78660.40%€15,136$16,148
19981,199,2791,334,80759.50%€14,619$16,271
19971,142,4931,303,71558.90%€13,923$15,888
19961,115,7471,443,75857.80%€13,605$17,604
19951,079,8631,420,87654.90%€13,198$17,366
1994869,7131,050,53647.54%€10,666$12,884
1993789,570934,58245.10%€9,707$11,490
1992705,567885,58141.45%€8,713$10,937
1991618,218731,20238.99%€7,701$9,109
Germany: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

Germany: Evolution of debt in millions