Germany - Central government debt

Central government debt, total (current LCU)

The value for Central government debt, total (current LCU) in Germany was 394,942,000,000 as of 1999. As the graph below shows, over the past 9 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 747,442,000,000 in 1998 and a minimum value of 306,335,000,000 in 1990.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 306,335,000,000
1991 348,123,000,000
1992 409,985,000,000
1993 461,548,000,000
1994 513,414,000,000
1995 668,358,000,000
1996 702,075,000,000
1997 728,438,000,000
1998 747,442,000,000
1999 394,942,000,000

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) in Germany was 19.18 as of 1999. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 37.14 in 1997, while its lowest value was 19.18 in 1999.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 20.93
1991 21.95
1992 24.09
1993 26.36
1994 28.06
1995 35.28
1996 36.54
1997 37.14
1998 37.10
1999 19.18

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance