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Germany: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1872–2025 · 122 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
49.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.1 pointsfrom 48.7%
Average, 2016–2025
47.7%10 years
Record high and low
55.2% (1995)low 12.5% (1872)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203150.1Forecast
203050.2Forecast
202950.2Forecast
202850.1Forecast
202750.3Forecast
202649.7Forecast
202549.8
202448.7
202348.4
202249.1
202150.8
202051.2
201945.5
201844.6
201744.5
201644.8

Sources

  • GPIH government budgets1872–1975
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1880–2023
  • Ritschl1925–1935
  • Deutsche Bundesbank1950–1991
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1974–2024
  • AMECO (European Commission)1991–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1991–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1991–2025
  • Eurostat1995–2025
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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