In 2023, the treasury collected a total of around 3.12 billion euros from alcohol-related taxes at federal and state level. This means that revenue from alcohol-related taxes fell by 1.5 percent compared to the previous year. This figure shows the total revenue from alcohol tax (until 2017 spirits tax), beer tax, sparkling wine tax, intermediate products tax and alcopop tax.
Taxes are compulsory levies that the state collects from citizens and companies. Tax revenue is the largest and most important source of income for public coffers in Germany.
Revenues from taxes on alcoholic beverages in Germany from 2009 to 2023
(in billion euros)
To access this statistic, click the web link and type the code "71211-0001" into the search bar. Revenues from alcohol tax include tax on alcopops, brandy, sparkling wine, intermediate products and beer. From 1994 onwards, intermediate products (Sherry, Port, Madeira among others) are taxed separately (revenues 2013: roughly 14.41 million euros).
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Statistisches Bundesamt. (March 29, 2024). Revenues from taxes on alcoholic beverages in Germany from 2009 to 2023 (in billion euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/546471/alcohol-tax-revenues-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. "Revenues from taxes on alcoholic beverages in Germany from 2009 to 2023 (in billion euros)." Chart. March 29, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/546471/alcohol-tax-revenues-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. (2024). Revenues from taxes on alcoholic beverages in Germany from 2009 to 2023 (in billion euros). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/546471/alcohol-tax-revenues-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. "Revenues from Taxes on Alcoholic Beverages in Germany from 2009 to 2023 (in Billion Euros)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/546471/alcohol-tax-revenues-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt, Revenues from taxes on alcoholic beverages in Germany from 2009 to 2023 (in billion euros) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/546471/alcohol-tax-revenues-germany/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Revenues from taxes on alcoholic beverages in Germany from 2009 to 2023 (in billion euros) [Graph], Statistisches Bundesamt, March 29, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/546471/alcohol-tax-revenues-germany/
