Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2025, Germany's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 2.1% compared to 2024, reaching 63.5%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 81.7%.

Germany ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 6.6% (from 68.0% in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.