Germany Government Budget  1995-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

The German general government, which comprises central, state and local government and social security funds, recorded a net lending of €23.7 billion at the end of 2016, equivalent to 0.8 percent of GDP, compared with a preliminary figure of €19.2 billion, or 0.6 percent of GDP. In absolute terms, it was the biggest surplus recorded since German reunification, as revenues grew to €1,411.4 billion, due to a large increase in income tax and property tax payments (6.5 percent) and in social contributions (4.6 percent); while expenditures rose to €1,387.7 billion, driven by higher expenditure on intermediate consumption (8.7 percent) and a marked increase in expenditure on social benefits in kind (6.2 percent). The largest surplus in 2016 was achieved by social insurance funds (€8.2 billion), followed by central government (€7.7 billion), state government (€4.7 billion) and local government (€3.1 billion). Government Budget in Germany averaged -2.09 percent of GDP from 1995 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 0.90 percent of GDP in 2000 and a record low of -9.40 percent of GDP in 1995.