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Germany: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1872–2025 · 128 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−1.80%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.4 pointsfrom −1.40%
Average, 2016–2025
−1.24%10 years
Record high and low
10.8% (1989)low −7.50% (1995)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-1.80
2024-1.40
2023-2.20
2022-2.80
2021-3.60
2020-2.60
20190.50
20180.70
20170.30
20160.50

Sources

  • Mitchell1872–1993
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • Ritschl1925–1934
  • World Development Indicators1972–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1991–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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