Interest payments in Germany
Germany: Interest payments was 1.4% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Interest payments in Germany, 1972–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
Germany recorded 1.4% for interest payments in 2022.
The figure is up 53.8% on the previous year and down 72.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Germany peaked at 7.2% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2021.
That places Germany 136th out of 152 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.2% | 1.6% | 3.0% | 8 |
| 1980s | 4.8% | 3.2% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.4% | 4.9% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.9% | 5.2% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.3% | 1.5% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More public sector data for Germany
- Arms imports 239.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Tax revenue 10.9% (2024)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 16.5% (2024)
- Taxes on goods and services 20.0% (2024)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 1.1% (2024)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -1.7% (2024)
- Interest payments 2.5% (2024)
- Grants and other revenue 7.9% (2024)
- Other taxes 0.0% (1980)
- Compensation of employees 5.7% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Germany?
- Interest payments in Germany was 1.4% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 7.2% in 1998.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2021.
- How does Germany rank for interest payments?
- Germany ranks 136th out of 152 countries with data for 2022.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 72.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Interest payments (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.