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Germany: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1872–2025 · 132 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
50.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.1 pointsfrom 49.4%
Average, 2016–2025
47.8%10 years
Record high and low
55.2% (1995)low 3.66% (1876)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203151.1Forecast
203051.3Forecast
202951.4Forecast
202851.3Forecast
202751.5Forecast
202651.2Forecast
202550.5
202449.4
202348.1
202248.7
202150.8
202051.2
201945.5
201844.6
201744.5
201644.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Germany documentation (PDF)

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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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