Government debt to GDP: compare countries

See Government debt to GDP for up to four countries side by side.

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Government debt to GDP: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Germany	United Kingdom
Dec 31, 2001	52.6%	—	84.0%
Dec 31, 2002	54.0%	—	86.2%
Dec 31, 2003	56.4%	—	86.4%
Dec 31, 2004	56.8%	—	90.2%
Dec 31, 2005	56.7%	—	91.9%
Dec 31, 2006	55.6%	—	91.8%
Dec 31, 2007	55.8%	—	93.4%
Dec 31, 2008	64.0%	—	104.8%
Dec 31, 2009	76.0%	—	122.9%
Dec 31, 2010	85.2%	—	130.5%
Dec 31, 2011	89.7%	—	143.1%
Dec 31, 2012	93.8%	—	146.4%
Dec 31, 2013	95.5%	—	141.0%
Dec 31, 2014	95.6%	—	149.6%
Dec 31, 2015	96.1%	—	147.1%
Dec 31, 2016	98.1%	—	155.6%
Dec 31, 2017	97.2%	—	160.1%
Dec 31, 2018	98.6%	—	156.8%
Dec 31, 2019	100.2%	—	159.0%
Dec 31, 2020	124.5%	—	194.7%
Dec 31, 2021	118.3%	—	183.8%
Dec 31, 2022	112.7%	—	138.2%
Dec 31, 2023	114.7%	—	136.1%
Dec 31, 2024	115.8%	—	130.7%