Interest payable, Transactions (Statement of operations, General) in Germany
Germany: Interest payable, Transactions (Statement of operations, General) was 49.54 billion in 2025. ▼ Falling
Interest payable, Transactions in Germany, 2002–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Germany recorded 49.54 billion for interest payable, transactions in 2025.
That represents a change of up 8.1% on the previous year and up 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payable, transactions in Germany peaked at 69.10 billion in 2008 and was at its lowest, 21.76 billion, in 2021.
Germany ranks 16th of 35 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Interest payable, Transactions (Statement of operations, General) in Germany, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 66.14 billion | — |
| 2003 | 65.08 billion | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 63.82 billion | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 63.49 billion | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 65.22 billion | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 67.69 billion | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 69.10 billion | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 65.19 billion | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 63.85 billion | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 67.98 billion | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 64.19 billion | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 51.90 billion | -19.1% |
| 2014 | 47.55 billion | -8.4% |
| 2015 | 42.91 billion | -9.7% |
| 2016 | 37.89 billion | -11.7% |
| 2017 | 34.49 billion | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 31.79 billion | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 28.05 billion | -11.8% |
| 2020 | 22.39 billion | -20.2% |
| 2021 | 21.76 billion | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 28.02 billion | +28.8% |
| 2023 | 36.85 billion | +31.5% |
| 2024 | 45.83 billion | +24.4% |
| 2025 | 49.54 billion | +8.1% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 49.54 billion is above the median for high income countries, which is 19.48 billion, 2.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Germany's 49.54 billion is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 14.28 billion, 3.5× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 65.71 billion | 63.49 billion | 69.10 billion | 8 |
| 2010s | 47.06 billion | 28.05 billion | 67.98 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.06 billion | 21.76 billion | 49.54 billion | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payable, transactions in Germany?
- Interest payable, transactions in Germany was 49.54 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest interest payable, transactions recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 69.10 billion in 2008.
- What is the lowest interest payable, transactions recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.76 billion in 2021.
- How does Germany rank for interest payable, transactions?
- Germany ranks 16th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is interest payable, transactions rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Interest payable, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.