Press release No. 357 of 28 July 2021
WIESBADEN – The debt owed by the overall public budget (Federation, Länder, municipalities and associations of municipalities, social security funds, including all extra budgets) to the non-public sector amounted to 2,172.9 billion euros at the end of 2020. Based on final results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the relevant per capita debt was 26,141 euros. This was an increase of 3,281 euros compared with the end of 2019 (22,860 euros). The non-public sector comprises credit institutions and the remaining domestic and non-domestic sector, for instance private businesses in Germany and abroad.
Basic data and long time series are available in table debts owed to the non-public sector (71321-0005) GENESIS-Online database.
