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Germany: Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1872–2024 · 131 observations · cgovtax_GDP

2024
11.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.2 pointsfrom 10.9%
Average, 2015–2024
11.7%10 years
Record high and low
15.0% (1978)low 0.845% (1872)

Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202411.1
202310.9
202211.5
202111.7
202011.4
201912.1
201812.2
201712.2
201612.1
201512.2

Sources

  • Mitchell1872–1993
  • Ritschl1925–1938
  • World Development Indicators1972–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1991–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2024

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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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