Deutsche Bundesbank — Government finance statistics (BBGFS1)
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 (19 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 | attribute | Unit of measurement for the observation value.Unit of measurement for the observation value. |
| 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. |
| WEB_CATEGORY | attribute | Category classification used for the Bundesbank website.Category classification used for the Bundesbank website. |
| BBK_COMM_GEN_ENG | attribute | General English-language comment or note on the series.General English-language comment or note on the series. |
| 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_EURO | attribute | Indicator of whether values are denominated in euro.Indicator of whether values are denominated in euro. |
| 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 month ago.
Query the data
Pick columns and a sort, then fetch a live preview straight from the source. Choose an API-filterable column (marked ▾) under “Where” to pick from its list of values.
Sample data (5 records)
| BBK_STD_FREQ | BBK_GFS_CONCEPT | TIME_PERIOD | OBS_VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | BJ2110 | 1991 | 282156 |
| A | BJ2110 | 1992 | 311425 |
| A | BJ2110 | 1993 | 337870 |
| A | BJ2110 | 1994 | 354910 |
| A | BJ2110 | 1995 | 373877 |
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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