During the pandemic state debt Germany has risen to a record level. At the end of 2021, the debt of the federal, state and municipal budgets, as well as social insurance funds, together amounted to 2321.1 billion euros, the Federal Statistical Office in Wiesbaden announced on Thursday, July 28, announcing the final data for last year.
At the same time, public debt increased over the year by 6.8 percent (148.3 billion euros) to the highest level ever recorded in the relevant statistics, the agency noted. According to him, the growth of public debt, especially at the federal level, is associated primarily with spending on implementation of measures to combat the spread coronavirus.
Germany’s national debt in 2021: almost 28 thousand euros per inhabitant
Federal debt at the end of 2021 amounted to 1,548.5 billion euros, which is 10.3 percent (145 billion euros) more than a year earlier. The debt of the federal states in total increased by 0.4 percent (2.5 billion euros) to 638.5 billion euros, it is indicated further. Municipal budgets at the end of last year had a total debt of 134.2 billion euros, which is 0.6 percent (0.8 billion euros) more than at the end of 2020. The debt of social insurance funds at the end of last year was 45 million euros, that is, one million euros more than in 2020.
Final scores public debt at the end of 2021 is even higher than the preliminary data published in March. Its total amount in terms of one inhabitant Germany is 27,922 euros, the agency said.
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What was 2021 like. The brightest moments
Storming the Capitol
In November 2020, Donald Trump lost the US presidential election. But many of his supporters did not accept defeat. In social networks, they agreed to storm the Capitol. On January 6, a crowd of more than 400 people broke into the very heart of American democracy – the Capitol building. Only after a few hours the building was again taken under the control of the authorities.
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What was 2021 like. The brightest moments
Joe Biden is the new President of the United States
The storming of the Capitol, carried out by Donald Trump fans, did not stop the rise to power of Joe Biden. The inauguration of the new US president took place with enhanced security measures. Biden, 78, became the 46th President of the United States and the first person to hold office at that age.
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What was 2021 like. The brightest moments
At first they tried to poison, then they imprisoned
For almost half a year, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny underwent treatment in Germany after they tried to poison him with Novichok poison. In January 2021, Navalny returned to Moscow and was detained at the airport immediately upon arrival. Despite all the protests, the oppositionist was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison, and the organization founded by him – the Anti-Corruption Foundation – was closed, accused of extremism.
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What was 2021 like. The brightest moments
Suez Canal Incident
For six days, the container ship Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal, getting stuck at its narrowest point and thereby blocking the main shipping artery. As a result, a giant traffic jam of 400 ships formed in the Red Sea. The economic damage from this incident amounted to billions of dollars. With great efforts, the container ship was able to refloat and unblock the canal.
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What was 2021 like. The brightest moments
Sentence to the policeman who killed a black man
Former police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison. During the detention of African-American George Floyd, he pressed him to the ground, pressing his knee on his neck, causing the man to suffocate. This tragic incident sparked worldwide protests against racism and police violence. But the last point in this matter has not yet been set. Former police officer Chauvin appealed the verdict.
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What was 2021 like. The brightest moments
Coronavirus in India
In April, the coronavirus epidemic broke out with all its might in India. The new delta variant of the coronavirus has led to a huge number of infections. The hospitals were overcrowded. There was not enough oxygen to treat patients with covid. Crematoria in Delhi could not cope with the number of deaths. Some of the bodies had to be burned in an open field. The situation returned to normal only in June.
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What was 2021 like. The brightest moments
Olympics without spectators
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What was 2021 like. The brightest moments
Flooding in western Germany
It was the catastrophe of the century: in the west of Germany, in the valley of the Ahr River and a number of other regions, after torrential rains of many days, the rivers overflowed their banks – there was a major flood. As a result, 143 people died, the destruction was colossal. It will take years to restore what has been destroyed.
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What was 2021 like. The brightest moments
Escape from Kabul
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What was 2021 like. The brightest moments
Volcanic eruption on the island of Palma
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What was 2021 like. The brightest moments
New Chancellor of Germany
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What was 2021 like. The brightest moments
Angela Merkel is leaving
Angela Merkel has been Chancellor of Germany for 16 years. At the head of the government, she managed to resolve a number of crises. Merkel was ushered out of her chancellorship in what is considered the highest tribute the German armed forces can pay to a civilian. The Bundeswehr Brass Band played a song by Nina Hagen for Angela Merkel.
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What was 2021 like. The brightest moments
Migrants on the border of Belarus and Poland
Thousands of refugees, primarily from Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, got stuck on the border between Belarus and Poland in November. They became hostages of Lukashenko’s political blackmail in relation to the EU. Polish border guards did not let migrants into the country. After talking on the phone with Merkel, the Belarusian authorities placed the migrants in temporary centers and then began to send them home. The crisis has not yet been fully resolved.
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What was 2021 like. The brightest moments
Chance to save the planet
Global climate change has become the theme of the international conference COP26 in Glasgow. In the final document, the conference participants outlined the main goal – to prevent an increase in temperature on Earth by more than 1.5 degrees compared to the pre-industrial period and to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions.
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What was 2021 like. The brightest moments
Memory of the victims of the pandemic
2021, like the previous one, was the year of the coronavirus pandemic. Mankind has not yet managed to defeat the coronavirus, despite the fact that vaccines against it have been invented and in many countries people have already been vaccinated. But so far, not everyone has been vaccinated. Meanwhile, 5.3 million people have already become victims of the pandemic.
Author: Natalia Pozdnyakova
