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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Germany 2012

The national debt increased in Germany

In 2012 Germany public debt was 2,216,705 million euros2,849,802 million dollars, has increased 77,556127,276 million since 2011.

This amount means that the debt in 2012 reached 80.7% of Germany GDP, a 1.3 percentage point rise from 2011, when it was 79.4% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Germany debt. It has risen since 2002 in global debt terms, when it was 1,317,680 million euros 1,245,083 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 59.9%.

According to the last data point published, Germany per capita debt in 2012 was 27,529 euros35,391 dollars per inhabitant. In 2011 it was 26,630 euros 37,062 dollars, afterwards rising by 899 euros1,671 dollars, and if we again check 2002 we can see that then the debt per person was 15,965 euros15,085 dollars .

The position of Germany, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2012 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 166 in the list of debt to GDP and 179 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
2012Q42,216,70580.70%€27,529
2012Q32,210,47180.80%€27,518
2012Q22,216,02381.30%€27,587
2012Q12,170,13480.00%€27,016
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Germany: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
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