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
1972 20.16854346
1973 20.58586749
1974 22.19400995
1975 24.48216321
1976 24.64185655
1977 24.71725144
1978 24.70659432
1979 24.25252817
1980 25.3845443
1981 26.17084344
1982 26.41210388
1983 25.99277473
1984 26.19675689
1985 25.76557725
1986 25.34536591
1987 25.7569388
1988 25.54575207
1989 24.55732629
1990 24.68568704
1991 31.08563501
1992 31.30671069
1993 31.80645272
1994 31.89363505
1995 38.3255129
1996 32.45079058
1997 31.89271601
1998 31.70222694
1999 31.62235127
2000 31.31322039
2001 30.73936498
2002 31.17791567
2003 31.57562275
2004 30.39067058
2005 30.49455712
2006 29.19201872
2007 28.00208037
2008 28.27252414
2009 31.04606805
2010 31.36671346
2011 28.87498329
2012 28.49386772
2013 28.54600103
2014 28.05218229
2015 27.98818973
2016 27.90292018
2017 28.0782392
2018 27.92212037
2019 28.38024703
2020 32.60570022
2021 33.32054348
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