Press release No. 456 of 29 September 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 2,251.8 billion euros at the end of the first half of 2021. This represents a per capita debt of 27,090 euros. The non-public sector comprises credit institutions and the remaining domestic and non-domestic sector, for instance private businesses in Germany and abroad.
