Germany
Gross government debt
Gross government debt measures public liabilities relative to economic output. It is a starting point for fiscal-capacity analysis, not a full debt-sustainability model.
Germany Government Gross Debt (WEO)
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The reading right now
As of January 2031, Gross government debt for Germany stood at 73.7%. That is up 1.7 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 69.2%, ranging from a low of 64.6% in January 2026 to a high of 73.7% in January 2031. The current reading sits 6.9 percentage points above its trailing ten-year mean of 66.8%.
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