Germany - Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)

Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP) in Germany was 29.15 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 30.15 in 1994, while its lowest value was 21.55 in 1972.

Definition: Revenue is cash receipts from taxes, social contributions, and other revenues such as fines, fees, rent, and income from property or sales. Grants are also considered as revenue but are excluded here.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1972 21.55
1973 22.57
1974 22.42
1975 22.43
1976 22.91
1977 23.37
1978 23.44
1979 23.18
1980 24.50
1981 24.84
1982 25.35
1983 24.93
1984 25.39
1985 25.55
1986 25.19
1987 25.22
1988 24.57
1989 24.91
1990 24.41
1991 28.58
1992 29.54
1993 29.48
1994 30.15
1995 30.05
1996 29.84
1997 29.84
1998 29.59
1999 30.12
2000 29.91
2001 29.00
2002 28.85
2003 29.44
2004 28.18
2005 28.10
2006 27.86
2007 27.57
2008 27.80
2009 28.79
2010 27.99
2011 28.32
2012 28.55
2013 28.55
2014 28.50
2015 28.51
2016 28.41
2017 28.55
2018 28.92
2019 29.15

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance