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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Germany 2016

National debt fell in Germany

In 2016 Germany public debt was 2,161,551 million euros2,391,955 million dollars, has decreased 15,68023,956 million since 2015.

This amount means that the debt in 2016 reached 69% of Germany GDP, a 2.9 percentage point fall from 2015, when it was 71.9% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Germany debt. It has risen since 2006 in global debt terms, when it was 1,595,312 million euros 2,003,177 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 66.9%.

According to the last data point published, Germany per capita debt in 2016 was 26,194 euros28,986 dollars per inhabitant. In 2015 it was 26,495 euros 29,399 dollars, afterwards dropping by 301 euros 413dollars, and if we again check 2006 we can see that then the debt per person was 19,381 euros24,336 dollars .

The position of Germany, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2016 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 142 in the list of debt to GDP and 177 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
2016Q42,161,55169.00%€26,194
2016Q32,183,52470.20%€26,571
2016Q22,190,08570.90%€26,651
2016Q12,186,64671.60%€26,609
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Germany: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
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