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Germany: General government deficit

Millions of local currency · 1880–2025 · 120 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef

2025
−121 billionlocal currency

General government deficit

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031-198,935Forecast
2030-202,645Forecast
2029-200,189Forecast
2028-202,052Forecast
2027-193,102Forecast
2026-162,687Forecast
2025-120,893
2024-116,948
2023-105,520
2022-75,673
2021-117,542
2020-151,529
201946,065
201865,337
201743,385
201635,090

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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