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Germany: General government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1881–2025 · 94 observations · forecasts to 2027 · gen_govtax_GDP

2025
41.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.1 pointsfrom 40.7%
Average, 2016–2025
40.9%10 years
Record high and low
41.8% (2025)low 8.05% (1881)

General government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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5%10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%1900192019401960198020002020GermanyGermany, 1881: 8.05%Germany, 1891: 9.47%Germany, 1901: 9.87%Germany, 1907: 10.2%Germany, 1913: 9.85%Germany
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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202742.2Forecast
202642.2Forecast
202541.8
202440.7
202339.9
202241.2
202141.8
202041.1
201941.2
201840.9
201740.5
201640.3

Sources

  • Sensch1881–1977
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1972–2024
  • AMECO (European Commission)1991–2025
  • Eurostat1995–2024
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027

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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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