List of German federal states by debt
The following list sorts the 16 federal states of the Federal Republic of Germany according to their level of indebtedness. Debt, debt per capita and the share of debt in the state's total economic output are given . All data come from the Federal Ministry of Finance and apply to 2017.
Federal states by debt level in 2017
| state | Debt in mil. € | Debt per capita in € |
Debt as% of GDP |
|---|---|---|---|
 Baden-Württemberg
|
40,239.5 | 3,662 | 8.2% |
 Bavaria
|
17,807.5 | 1,372 | 3.0% |
 Berlin
|
58,890.2 | 16,395 | 43.1% |
 Brandenburg
|
15,921.9 | 6.374 | 23.0% |
 Bremen
|
22,005.3 | 32,404 | 65.4% |
 Hamburg
|
22,407.6 | 12.305 | 19.1% |
 Hesse
|
43,208.0 | 6,936 | 15.5% |
 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|
8,241.4 | 5.116 | 19.3% |
 Lower Saxony
|
58,920.4 | 7,400 | 20.5% |
 North Rhine-Westphalia
|
142,972.8 | 7,990 | 20.7% |
 Rhineland-Palatinate
|
32,158.7 | 7,901 | 22.3% |
 Saarland
|
14,079.6 | 14,144 | 39.9% |
 Saxony
|
7,799.0 | 1.913 | 6.4% |
 Saxony-Anhalt
|
20,994.4 | 9.416 | 34.9% |
 Schleswig-Holstein
|
26,421.9 | 9,152 | 28.3% |
 Thuringia
|
15,685.4 | 7,284 | 25.3% |
| All countries | 547,753.6 | 6,626 | 16.8% |
Development of debt since 2007
| state | Debt in mil. € (2007) |
Debt in mil. € (2018) |
Change in% |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Baden-Württemberg
|
41,709.9 | 35,433.8 | −15.0 |
|
Bavaria
|
22,765.7 | 14,582.3 | −35.9 |
|
Berlin
|
56,644.9 | 54,371.9 | -4.0 |
|
Brandenburg
|
17,280.0 | 14,765.3 | −15.6 |
|
Bremen
|
14,304.5 | 21,427.7 | 49.8 |
|
Hamburg
|
21,619.5 | 23,912.3 | 10.6 |
|
Hesse
|
29,968.8 | 40,305.1 | 34.5 |
|
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|
10,073.5 | 7,532.4 | −25.2 |
|
Lower Saxony
|
49,444.7 | 56,618.2 | 14.5 |
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
114,091.3 | 137,075.8 | 20.1 |
|
Rhineland-Palatinate
|
25,702.5 | 30,479.8 | 18.6 |
|
Saarland
|
9,142.8 | 13,566.0 | 48.4 |
|
Saxony
|
11,064.0 | 1,408.6 | −87.3 |
|
Saxony-Anhalt
|
20,081.9 | 19,928.0 | -0.8 |
|
Schleswig-Holstein
|
22,029.5 | 27,423.5 | 24.5 |
|
Thuringia
|
15,704.5 | 14,278.0 | −9.1 |
| All countries | 481,628.0 | 513,108.9 | 6.5 |
See also
- List of German federal states according to gross domestic product
- List of the German federal states by unemployment rate
- List of German federal states by exports
- List of the German federal states according to the human development index
Individual evidence
- ↑ Debt: Germany in Numbers. Retrieved December 17, 2018 .