Deutsche Bundesbank — Government finance statistics (BBGFS1)
Government finance statistics published by the Deutsche Bundesbank as the BBGFS1 dataflow, part of its official time series database covering the German economy. The data is delivered through an SDMX 2.1 REST endpoint supporting XML (SDMX-ML), CSV and JSON output formats, with queries built using a series key path plus startPeriod, endPeriod and lastNObservations parameters to retrieve specific time series or subsets of observations. The dataset provides a structured, machine-readable source for national government finance indicators, useful for economic analysis and statistical research on German public finances.Government finance statistics (BBGFS1) — official time series from the Deutsche Bundesbank, published as the BBGFS1 dataflow over SDMX 2.1 REST. One endpoint serves XML (SDMX-ML), CSV (?format=csv) and JSON (?format=json); extract exactly the series you need with a key path and startPeriod / endPeriod / lastNObservations filters.
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Data schema (18 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BBK_STD_FREQ | dimension | Time series frequency code (e.g. annual, half-yearly, monthly).4 codes (e.g. A, H, M) |
| BBK_GFS_CONCEPT | dimension | Code identifying the government finance statistics concept measured.281 codes (e.g. BJ2110, BJ2120, BJ2130) |
| TIME_PERIOD | time | Period the observation refers to, filterable by start/end date.Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params. |
| OBS_VALUEObservation value | number | The observed numeric value for each data cell.The observed numeric value for each cell. |
| TIME_FORMAT | attribute | Code specifying the format of the time period value.Code specifying the format of the time period value. |
| BBK_DECIMALS | attribute | Number of decimal places used in the observation value.Number of decimal places used in the observation value. |
| BBK_ID | attribute | Bundesbank internal identifier for the time series.Bundesbank internal identifier for the time series. |
| BBK_UNIT_MULT | attribute | Power-of-ten multiplier applied to the observation value.Power-of-ten multiplier applied to the observation value. |
| BBK_TITLE_ENG | attribute | English-language title of the time series.English-language title of the time series. |
| BBK_COMM_GEN_ENG | attribute | General English-language comment or note on the series.General English-language comment or note on the series. |
| WEB_CATEGORY | attribute | Category classification used for the Bundesbank website.Category classification used for the Bundesbank website. |
| BBK_UNIT_ENG | attribute | English-language name of the measurement unit for the observation value.English-language name of the measurement unit for the observation value. |
| BBK_COMM_METH_ENG | attribute | English-language methodological note on the series.English-language methodological note on the series. |
| BBK_COMM_SRC_ENG | attribute | English-language note on the data source.English-language note on the data source. |
| BBK_DIFF_Y | attribute | Indicator related to year-on-year differencing of the series.Indicator related to year-on-year differencing of the series. |
| OBS_STATUS | attribute | Status code indicating quality or nature of the observation.Status code indicating quality or nature of the observation. |
| BBK_COMM_OBS_ENG | attribute | English-language comment specific to individual observations.English-language comment specific to individual observations. |
| BBK_DIFF | attribute | Indicator related to period-on-period differencing of the series.Indicator related to period-on-period differencing of the series. |
Schema captured from sdmx 1 day ago.
Query the data
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Sample data (5 records)
| BBK_STD_FREQ | BBK_GFS_CONCEPT | TIME_PERIOD | OBS_VALUE | BBK_DIFF_Y | OBS_STATUS | BBK_COMM_OBS_ENG | BBK_DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | BJ2110 | 1991 | 282156 | — | — | — | — |
| A | BJ2110 | 1992 | 311425 | 10.4 | — | — | — |
| A | BJ2110 | 1993 | 337870 | 8.5 | — | — | — |
| A | BJ2110 | 1994 | 354910 | 5.0 | — | — | — |
| A | BJ2110 | 1995 | 373877 | 5.3 | — | — | — |
Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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Using the API
Query examples
curl -s 'https://api.statistiken.bundesbank.de/rest/metadata/dataflow/BBK' -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structure+xml;version=2.1'All dataflows (datasets) published by this agency, as SDMX-ML.
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