Germany: Taxes on goods and services, percent of total revenue, 1972 - 2019:
For that indicator, we provide data for Germany from 1972 to 2019. The average value for Germany during that period was 23.01 percent with a minimum of 20.03 percent in 1997 and a maximum of 28.33 percent in 1972.
The latest value from 2019 is 21.01 percent. For comparison, the world average in 2019 based on 116
countries is 32.41 percent.
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Definition: Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies.