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Germany: General government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1880–2025 · 122 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govrev_GDP

2025
47.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.1 pointsfrom 46.8%
Average, 2016–2025
46.7%10 years
Record high and low
47.9% (2025)low 16.5% (1880)

General government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203148.2Forecast
203048.2Forecast
202948.2Forecast
202848.0Forecast
202748.1Forecast
202648.0Forecast
202547.9
202446.8
202345.7
202246.7
202147.5
202046.7
201946.9
201846.5
201745.9
201645.9

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1880–2023
  • GPIH government budgets1881–1975
  • 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

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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