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Germany: Government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1872–2025 · 134 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
60.9% (1915)low 3.05% (1872)

Government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203147.8Forecast
203047.8Forecast
202947.8Forecast
202847.6Forecast
202747.6Forecast
202647.8Forecast
202547.9
202446.8
202345.7
202246.7
202147.5
202046.7
201946.9
201846.5
201745.9
201645.9

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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