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Government debt to GDP: compare countries

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Government debt to GDP by country

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Government debt to GDP: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	Germany
Dec 31, 2001	—	—
Dec 31, 2002	—	—
Dec 31, 2003	—	—
Dec 31, 2004	—	—
Dec 31, 2005	—	—
Dec 31, 2006	—	—
Dec 31, 2007	—	—
Dec 31, 2008	—	—
Dec 31, 2009	—	—
Dec 31, 2010	—	—
Dec 31, 2011	—	—
Dec 31, 2012	31.0%	—
Dec 31, 2013	33.4%	—
Dec 31, 2014	34.8%	—
Dec 31, 2015	35.7%	—
Dec 31, 2016	36.1%	—
Dec 31, 2017	35.4%	—
Dec 31, 2018	35.5%	—
Dec 31, 2019	37.7%	—
Dec 31, 2020	43.8%	—
Dec 31, 2021	45.8%	—
Dec 31, 2022	47.6%	—
Dec 31, 2023	48.6%	—
Dec 31, 2024	47.8%	—