Germany | Tax revenue (% of GDP)
Tax revenue refers to compulsory transfers to the central government for public purposes. Certain compulsory transfers such as fines, penalties, and most social security contributions are excluded. Refunds and corrections of erroneously collected tax revenue are treated as negative revenue. 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 | Tax revenue (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972 10.78410345
1973 10.91939481
1974 10.47522557
1975 10.0448778
1976 10.1703343
1977 10.49086579
1978 10.49325979
1979 10.379879
1980 10.2825669
1981 10.05673696
1982 9.79442661
1983 9.75040311
1984 10.19085826
1985 10.19698085
1986 9.93788342
1987 10.08463439
1988 9.81647397
1989 10.25072194
1990 9.83228368
1991 11.62971371
1992 11.75387472
1993 11.46045725
1994 11.67784428
1995 11.47613493
1996 10.90185179
1997 10.72936797
1998 10.8349798
1999 11.50853614
2000 11.70500073
2001 10.9616854
2002 10.83530471
2003 10.99852141
2004 10.42629457
2005 10.6568166
2006 10.85162762
2007 11.33404013
2008 11.47230109
2009 11.61493705
2010 11.19029793
2011 11.48138523
2012 11.62298611
2013 11.61150337
2014 11.4825632
2015 11.47872896
2016 11.29612025
2017 11.41912242
2018 11.45698198
2019 11.40577011
2020 10.56758321
2021 11.17657466
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Germany | Tax revenue (% of GDP)
Tax revenue refers to compulsory transfers to the central government for public purposes. Certain compulsory transfers such as fines, penalties, and most social security contributions are excluded. Refunds and corrections of erroneously collected tax revenue are treated as negative revenue. 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