Germany - Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP)

Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) in Germany was 0.657 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 0.832 in 1991, while its lowest value was -1.812 in 2000.

Definition: Net investment in government nonfinancial assets includes fixed assets, inventories, valuables, and nonproduced assets. Nonfinancial assets are stores of value and provide benefits either through their use in the production of goods and services or in the form of property income and holding gains. Net investment in nonfinancial assets also includes consumption of fixed capital.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1972 0.722
1973 0.641
1974 0.673
1975 0.706
1976 0.562
1977 0.567
1978 0.549
1979 0.526
1980 0.516
1981 0.444
1982 0.425
1983 0.423
1984 0.399
1985 0.402
1986 0.377
1987 0.369
1988 0.343
1989 0.330
1990 0.328
1991 0.832
1992 0.825
1993 0.772
1994 0.666
1995 0.639
1996 0.609
1997 0.521
1998 0.585
1999 0.635
2000 -1.812
2001 0.593
2002 0.566
2003 0.626
2004 0.560
2005 0.635
2006 0.647
2007 0.538
2008 0.591
2009 0.744
2010 0.540
2011 0.716
2012 0.742
2013 0.665
2014 0.600
2015 0.637
2016 0.657

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