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Germany: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1872–2025 · 132 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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 3.66% (1876)

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

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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