Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Germany
Germany: Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on was 1.13 Percentage of GDP in 2023. ▲ Rising
Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Germany, 2005–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Germany is 1.13 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Germany peaked at 1.13 Percentage of GDP in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5776 Percentage of GDP, in 2005.
Germany ranks 7th of 23 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Germany, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.5776 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2008 | 0.6035 Percentage of GDP | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 0.7454 Percentage of GDP | +23.5% |
| 2011 | 0.7464 Percentage of GDP | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.7925 Percentage of GDP | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 0.8421 Percentage of GDP | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 0.8626 Percentage of GDP | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.8639 Percentage of GDP | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8904 Percentage of GDP | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9087 Percentage of GDP | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9487 Percentage of GDP | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9975 Percentage of GDP | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 1.08 Percentage of GDP | +8.7% |
| 2021 | 1.1 Percentage of GDP | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 1.09 Percentage of GDP | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1.13 Percentage of GDP | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5905 Percentage of GDP | 0.5776 Percentage of GDP | 0.6035 Percentage of GDP | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.8598 Percentage of GDP | 0.7454 Percentage of GDP | 0.9975 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1 Percentage of GDP | 1.08 Percentage of GDP | 1.13 Percentage of GDP | 4 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 4 Finland 1.33 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Slovenia 1.03 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Poland 0.9237 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Denmark 1.24 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 Israel 1.17 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 Netherlands 0.4194 Percentage of GDP compare
- 8 Chile 0.9667 Percentage of GDP compare
- 9 Bulgaria 0.9464 Percentage of GDP compare
- 10 Austria 0.8458 Percentage of GDP compare
More education data for Germany
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 15,242 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.27 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 6.97 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.31 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0396 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Germany?
- Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Germany was 1.13 Percentage of GDP in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 Percentage of GDP in 2023.
- What is the lowest distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5776 Percentage of GDP in 2005.
- How does Germany rank for distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on?
- Germany ranks 7th out of 23 countries with data for 2023.
- Is distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on educational institutions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset contains data on government, private and expenditure on educational institutions. Government expenditure can be brokendown by central, regional (state) and local levels of government. Private sector can also be brokendown by households and other non-educational private sector. Expenditure are reported after transfers between entities, transfers can be from higher to lower levels of government, from the government to the private sector, or from non-domestic source to the government. The default table displays expenditure for the general government, the private sector and non-domestic sources in 2020 constant USD PPP (top section), in percentage of GDP (middle section), and in percentage (distribution by sector, in the bottom section), for the combined primary to tertiary levels of education, and for all public and private educational institutions. This can be changed to display data by: level of education, type of educational institution, level of financing source, local currency/USD PPP, and current/constant prices. Please note that the filters are inter related, meaning that selection in one category may impact the possibility to select options in another category. Please note that non-domestic expenditure is labelled "Rest of the world". Data for the latest available year are preliminary. Final data will be released on 29 September 2026. For more information, please consult the Education at a Glance web page.