Germany | Expense (% of GDP)
Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends. 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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source
Germany | Expense (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
20.16854346 1972
20.58586749 1973
22.19400995 1974
24.48216321 1975
24.64185655 1976
24.71725144 1977
24.70659432 1978
24.25252817 1979
25.3845443 1980
26.17084344 1981
26.41210388 1982
25.99277473 1983
26.19675689 1984
25.76557725 1985
25.34536591 1986
25.7569388 1987
25.54575207 1988
24.55732629 1989
24.68568704 1990
31.08563501 1991
31.30671069 1992
31.80645272 1993
31.89363505 1994
38.3255129 1995
32.45079058 1996
31.89271601 1997
31.70222694 1998
31.62235127 1999
31.31322039 2000
30.73936498 2001
31.17791567 2002
31.57562275 2003
30.39067058 2004
30.49455712 2005
29.19201872 2006
28.00208037 2007
28.27252414 2008
31.04606805 2009
31.36671346 2010
28.87498329 2011
28.49386772 2012
28.54600103 2013
28.05218229 2014
27.98818973 2015
27.90292018 2016
28.0782392 2017
27.92212037 2018
28.38024703 2019
32.60570022 2020
33.32054348 2021
2022
Germany | Expense (% of GDP)
Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends. 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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source