The reading right now

As of January 2023, Government expenditure for Germany stood at 21.1%. That is down 0.27 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 20.9%, ranging from a low of 19.5% in January 2018 to a high of 21.7% in January 2020. The current reading sits 0.89 percentage points above its trailing ten-year mean of 20.2%.

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