Germany - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Germany was 396,135,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 396,135,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 52,709,080,000 in 1972.

Definition: 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.

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

Year Value
1972 52,709,080,000
1973 59,442,790,000
1974 61,718,040,000
1975 61,994,140,000
1976 68,052,950,000
1977 74,796,890,000
1978 79,797,320,000
1979 85,728,310,000
1980 90,815,660,000
1981 93,019,330,000
1982 94,369,140,000
1983 98,101,580,000
1984 107,525,000,000
1985 112,433,000,000
1986 115,445,000,000
1987 120,312,000,000
1988 123,508,000,000
1989 137,855,000,000
1990 143,903,000,000
1991 184,424,000,000
1992 200,058,000,000
1993 200,660,000,000
1994 213,652,000,000
1995 217,428,000,000
1996 209,466,000,000
1997 210,419,000,000
1998 218,262,000,000
1999 237,016,000,000
2000 246,869,000,000
2001 238,147,000,000
2002 238,173,000,000
2003 243,240,000,000
2004 235,897,000,000
2005 243,861,000,000
2006 258,820,000,000
2007 283,300,000,000
2008 292,141,000,000
2009 284,070,000,000
2010 286,964,000,000
2011 309,258,000,000
2012 319,087,000,000
2013 326,440,000,000
2014 336,144,000,000
2015 347,367,000,000
2016 354,104,000,000
2017 373,025,000,000
2018 385,572,000,000
2019 396,135,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Germany was 11.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 11.75 in 1992, while its lowest value was 9.75 in 1983.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1972 10.78
1973 10.92
1974 10.48
1975 10.04
1976 10.17
1977 10.49
1978 10.49
1979 10.38
1980 10.28
1981 10.06
1982 9.79
1983 9.75
1984 10.19
1985 10.20
1986 9.94
1987 10.08
1988 9.82
1989 10.25
1990 9.83
1991 11.63
1992 11.75
1993 11.46
1994 11.68
1995 11.48
1996 10.90
1997 10.73
1998 10.83
1999 11.51
2000 11.71
2001 10.96
2002 10.84
2003 11.00
2004 10.43
2005 10.66
2006 10.85
2007 11.33
2008 11.47
2009 11.61
2010 11.19
2011 11.48
2012 11.62
2013 11.61
2014 11.48
2015 11.48
2016 11.30
2017 11.42
2018 11.45
2019 11.40

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance