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General government debt in Germany as defined in the Maastricht Treaty fell by 18 billion in 2016 and amounted to roughly 2.140 trillion at the end of the year, 65 billion down on its peak in 2012.
The debt ratio, meaning the ratio of debt to nominal gross domestic product (GDP), recorded a year-on-year decrease of 2.9 percentage points to 68.3% chiefly as a result of nominal GDP growth. Consequently, the debt ratio was well below its 2010 high of 81%. That said, it...




