Public Sector in Germany 239 indicators covering public sector for Germany. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Subnational government expenditure 49.43 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 11.1% 7th Subnational government revenue 46.76 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 3.4% 11th Tax revenue decentralization, Ratio of this level of government's 0.4593 2020 down 9.8% 77th Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Ratio of this level of 0.4164 2020 up 2.6% 73rd Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.7648 2020 down 72.3% 28th Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.4889 2020 down 16.4% 76th Use of goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's 0.233 2020 up 17.4% 73rd Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension 16.78 Percentage of GDP 2025 down 0.5% 15th Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's 0.1293 2020 down 1.9% 79th Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial liabilities of 15.27 Percentage of GDP 2025 down 4.2% 13th Social contributions, Ratio of this level of government's revenue 0.0135 2020 down 18.9% 46th Taxes on goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's 0.584 2020 down 12.2% 74th Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.0754 2020 down 20.9% 65th Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from 0 2020 — 53rd Subsidies, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure 0.18 2020 down 48.9% 73rd Excises, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item 0.9909 2020 up 0.2% 52nd Value-added tax (VAT), Ratio of this level of government's revenue 0.4308 2020 down 19.2% 69th Other taxes, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this 0 2020 — 60th Size of public procurement - government at a glance indicators, 2025 18.58 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 19.5% 2nd Other revenue, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this 0.2811 2020 up 23.7% 60th Revenue decentralization, Percent 0.2653 2020 down 8.0% 66th Health, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item 0.0965 2020 up 239.0% 53rd Education, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this 0.102 2020 up 79.4% 57th General public services, Ratio of this level of government's 0.6267 2020 down 2.9% 58th Economic affairs, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.4185 2020 down 24.1% 57th Social protection, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.2845 2020 down 22.4% 47th Recreation, culture and religion, Ratio of this level of government's 0.1198 2020 up 73.8% 57th Public order and safety, Ratio of this level of government's 0.1166 2020 up 42.3% 57th Housing and community amenities, Ratio of this level of government's 0.1703 2020 down 35.5% 38th Defence, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item 1.07 2020 up 3.1% 1st Environmental protection, Ratio of this level of government's 0.3521 2020 up 55.3% 34th Deficit, Percent of own spending -0.3823 2020 up 2.3% 46th Transfer dependency method 2, Ratio of net transfers to own revenue -0.6596 2020 down 15.0% 61st Bibliometric indicators, by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 9,839 Scientific publications 2024 up 17.7% 4th Transfer dependency method 1, Ratio of net transfers to own spending -1.2 2020 down 46.3% 59th Vertical fiscal imbalance, Percent -0.8147 2020 down 90.9% 61st Expenditure decentralization (ratio of own spending to general) 0.1336 2020 down 27.2% 65th Consumption of fixed capital (CFC), Ratio of this level of 0.2626 2020 up 5.5% 46th NAAG Chapter 6: General Government — Intermediate consumption by 6.47 Percentage of GDP 2025 up 22.0% 15th NAAG Chapter 6: General Government — Other expenditure by general 6.18 Percentage of GDP 2025 up 9.9% 23rd Countries with national statistical plans with funding from Government 1 2025 unchanged 1st Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.3101 2020 down 42.6% 58th Annual government deficit/surplus, revenue, expenditure and main 502,066 Domestic currency (incl. conversion to current currency made using a fixed parit 2025 up 61.1% 16th Size of public procurement - Government at a glance indicators, 2023 17.94 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 19.6% 3rd Net official development assistance (ODA) from OECD-DAC countries, by 26,151 2025 up 14.4% 2nd Asset-backed pensions - main database — Employee contributions -8.39 Percentage change 2024 — 30th Asset-backed pensions - main database — Employer contributions -24.38 Percentage change 2024 — 28th Net official development assistance (ODA) to small island states 196.82 2024 down 17.2% 11th Net official development assistance (ODA) to landlocked developing 2,632 2024 up 0.1% 2nd Net official development assistance (ODA) to LDCs from OECD-DAC 4,190 2024 up 1.1% 3rd Asset-backed pensions - main database — Net technical provisions 2.11 Percentage change 2024 down 65.6% 11th Net official development assistance (ODA) to LDCs as a percentage of 0.1% 2024 down 10.2% 16th Net official development assistance (ODA) to landlocked developing 0.1% 2024 down 11.1% 11th Net official development assistance (ODA) to small island states 0.0% 2024 down 27.3% 24th Degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional 5 2026 up 25.0% 1st Official development assistance (ODA) from OECD-DAC countries on 27,137 2025 down 5.0% 2nd Official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC 0.6% 2025 down 8.8% 7th Proportion of Seats Held By Women in Local Government 30.25 2022 up 15.9% 15th Net official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC 0.7% 2017 up 81.9% 10th ← Previous Page 4 of 4