The public debt in Germany has risen again.
Overall, the total debt of federal, state, municipal and social security at banks and private companies at the end of the third quarter amounted to 2284.2 billion euros, as the Federal Statistical Office announced on Wednesday after preliminary results.
This corresponds to a per capita debt of 27,477 euros.
Compared to the end of 2020, public debt rose by 5.1 percent or 111.3 billion euros. Compared to the second quarter of 2021, the debt increased by 1.4 percent or 32.3 billion euros. The increase is still due to "measures to cope with the corona pandemic", especially at the federal level, but also in some countries.
The federal debt rose by 7.2 percent (101.4 billion euros) to 1504.9 billion euros compared to the same period in the previous year.
At the end of the third quarter of 2021, the federal states were in debt with 645.2 billion euros, which corresponds to an increase of 1.4 percent (9.2 billion euros).
The highest levels of debt rose in Bavaria (plus 12.4 percent), Saxony (plus 11.0 percent) and North Rhine-Westphalia (plus 6.0 percent).
In Bremen, however, the debt fell by 12.5 percent.
Hessen has a minus of 2.7 percent, the Saarland a decrease of 2.1 percent.