Amount of private consumption expenditure¹ in Germany from 1991 to 2025 (in billion euros)

In 2025, private consumption expenditures (consumption expenditures of private households and private non-profit institutions serving households) in Germany amounted to around  2.38  trillion euros, of which approximately 2.31  trillion were attributable to private households and around 67.1  billion to private non-profit institutions serving households. Price-adjusted, private consumption expenditures in Germany rose by  1.6  percent in 2025 compared with the previous year. According to the Federal Statistical Office, the economy grew slightly in 2025 after two years of recession, mainly due to higher consumption expenditures by private households and also by the state. The GDP in Germany increased by 0.2 percent.