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Germany: Government deficit

Millions of local currency · 1872–2025 · 128 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef

2025
−121 billionlocal currency

Government deficit

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031-197,458Forecast
2030-201,140Forecast
2029-198,703Forecast
2028-200,552Forecast
2027-201,941Forecast
2026-83,655Forecast
2025-120,543
2024-116,744
2023-104,678
2022-74,998
2021-117,354
2020-151,476
201946,033
201865,282
201743,359
201635,100

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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