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Household consumption (% of GDP) — all countries

Household consumption (% of GDP) — Germany

Household consumption (% of GDP) in Germany in 2025 — 53.2%. Ranked 97 in the world out of 131. Since 1970, the indicator has fallen by 1.8 pp.

2025 53.2% +0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 97of 131
Period maximum 58.8%1983
Period minimum 50%2021

Trend over time

1970–2025 · % of GDP

Household consumption (% of GDP) — Germany, 1970–20255052.55557.56019701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 55%1971: 55.2%1972: 55.8%1973: 55.4%1974: 55.2%1975: 57.6%1976: 57.5%1977: 57.8%1978: 57.2%1979: 57.5%1980: 58.3%1981: 58.8%1982: 58.7%1983: 58.8%1984: 58.6%1985: 58%1986: 56.6%1987: 57%1988: 56.5%1989: 56.6%1990: 55.8%1991: 55.5%1992: 55.5%1993: 56.3%1994: 55.9%1995: 55.5%1996: 56%1997: 56%1998: 55.5%1999: 56.1%2000: 56.4%2001: 56.4%2002: 56.3%2003: 57.2%2004: 57%2005: 57.4%2006: 56.5%2007: 54.8%2008: 55%2009: 57.2%2010: 55.8%2011: 54.8%2012: 55.2%2013: 54.8%2014: 53.8%2015: 53.5%2016: 53.2%2017: 52.6%2018: 52.7%2019: 52.7%2020: 50.7%2021: 50%2022: 52.5%2023: 52.6%2024: 52.7%2025: 53.2%
Change over the period: −1.8 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Germany

Germany 53.2%
Europe & Central Asia 53.7%
Western Europe computed 51.7%
Household consumption (% of GDP) — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 53.2 +0.5 pp
2024 52.7 +0.2 pp
2023 52.6 +0.1 pp
2022 52.5 +2.5 pp
2021 50 −0.7 pp
2020 50.7 −2 pp
2019 52.7 +0.1 pp
2018 52.7 +0 pp
2017 52.6 −0.6 pp
2016 53.2 −0.3 pp
2015 53.5 −0.3 pp
2014 53.8 −1.1 pp
2013 54.8 −0.4 pp
2012 55.2 +0.4 pp
2011 54.8 −1 pp
2010 55.8 −1.4 pp
2009 57.2 +2.2 pp
2008 55 +0.1 pp
2007 54.8 −1.6 pp
2006 56.5 −0.9 pp
2005 57.4 +0.4 pp
2004 57 −0.3 pp
2003 57.2 +1 pp
2002 56.3 −0.2 pp
2001 56.4 −0 pp
2000 56.4 +0.4 pp
1999 56.1 +0.6 pp
1998 55.5 −0.5 pp
1997 56 +0 pp
1996 56 +0.5 pp
1995 55.5 −0.3 pp
1994 55.9 −0.4 pp
1993 56.3 +0.8 pp
1992 55.5 +0 pp
1991 55.5 −0.3 pp
1990 55.8 −0.8 pp
1989 56.6 +0.1 pp
1988 56.5 −0.5 pp
1987 57 +0.4 pp
1986 56.6 −1.4 pp
1985 58 −0.6 pp
1984 58.6 −0.2 pp
1983 58.8 +0.1 pp
1982 58.7 −0.1 pp
1981 58.8 +0.6 pp
1980 58.3 +0.8 pp
1979 57.5 +0.3 pp
1978 57.2 −0.6 pp
1977 57.8 +0.3 pp
1976 57.5 −0.1 pp
1975 57.6 +2.4 pp
1974 55.2 −0.2 pp
1973 55.4 −0.4 pp
1972 55.8 +0.6 pp
1971 55.2 +0.2 pp
1970 55 —

Western Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

FR France 54.1 DE Germany 53.2 BE Belgium 52.3 AT Austria 51.8 CH Switzerland 49.5 NL Netherlands 43.1 LU Luxembourg 33.5
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

Household final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP — the market value of all goods and services bought by the population, including the imputed rent of owner-occupied housing. A low consumption share alongside a high share of capital formation is typical of investment- and export-driven economies; a high one, of countries short of savings.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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