Interest payments in Germany
Germany: Interest payments was 2.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Interest payments in Germany, 1972–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Germany recorded 2.5% for interest payments in 2024.
That represents a change of up 21.1% on the previous year and down 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Germany peaked at 7.7% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2021.
That places Germany 123rd out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 53 years of available data.
Interest payments in Germany, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 1.5% | — |
| 1973 | 1.5% | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 1.8% | +23.3% |
| 1975 | 2.1% | +14.9% |
| 1976 | 2.4% | +17.0% |
| 1977 | 2.7% | +12.7% |
| 1978 | 2.8% | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 3.1% | +8.5% |
| 1980 | 3.3% | +8.2% |
| 1981 | 4.0% | +21.7% |
| 1982 | 4.7% | +16.2% |
| 1983 | 5.5% | +17.0% |
| 1984 | 5.4% | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 5.4% | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 5.4% | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 5.3% | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 5.4% | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 5.0% | -8.2% |
| 1990 | 5.0% | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 5.6% | +12.5% |
| 1992 | 6.8% | +21.1% |
| 1993 | 6.8% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 7.0% | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 7.7% | +9.3% |
| 1996 | 7.7% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 7.5% | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 7.6% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 6.9% | -8.8% |
| 2000 | 6.9% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 6.6% | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 6.5% | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 6.0% | -8.2% |
| 2004 | 6.0% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 5.8% | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 5.7% | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 5.7% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 5.7% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 5.4% | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 5.1% | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 5.3% | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 4.7% | -10.5% |
| 2013 | 3.5% | -26.7% |
| 2014 | 3.1% | -11.0% |
| 2015 | 2.7% | -13.4% |
| 2016 | 2.2% | -16.4% |
| 2017 | 1.9% | -15.4% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | -10.1% |
| 2019 | 1.4% | -15.2% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | -27.0% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | -7.6% |
| 2022 | 1.5% | +50.5% |
| 2023 | 2.0% | +40.5% |
| 2024 | 2.5% | +21.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.2% | 1.5% | 3.1% | 8 |
| 1980s | 4.9% | 3.3% | 5.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.9% | 5.0% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.0% | 5.4% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 1.4% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.0% | 2.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 120 Latvia 2.7% compare
- 121 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.7% compare
- 122 Kyrgyzstan 2.6% compare
- 124 Vanuatu 2.4% compare
- 125 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.4% compare
- 126 Russia 2.4% compare
More public sector data for Germany
- Arms imports 239.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 2.86 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 19.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 239.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 1,059 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0189 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 31.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 88.46 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 572.36 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Germany?
- Interest payments in Germany was 2.5% in 2024, 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 7.7% in 1995.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2021.
- How does Germany rank for interest payments?
- Germany ranks 123rd out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.4%. 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 revenue). 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 a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.