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Germany: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1872–2025 · 132 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
15.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.2 pointsfrom 14.8%
Average, 2016–2025
14.9%10 years
Record high and low
33.0% (1938)low 3.26% (1884)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202515.0
202414.8
202315.3
202216.2
202117.3
202016.0
201913.5
201813.4
201713.6
201613.4

Sources

  • Mitchell1872–1993
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1872–2020
  • GPIH government budgets1913–1975
  • Ritschl1925–1938
  • World Development Indicators1972–2022
  • 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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