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Germany: Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1872–2025 · 133 observations · forecasts to 2027 · 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 0.845% (1872)

Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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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

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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