Germany secondary income balance, non-government
Germany secondary income balance, non-government stood at -2,085.23 EUR million in Aug 2026, according to Deutsche Bundesbank. It is one of the indicators in the Balance of payments: current account table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Jan 1971 to Aug 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Balance of payments: current account table
| Indicator | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance | -6,823.44 | -6,588.43 | -4,961.24 | -2,961.7 | -4,716.77 | -7,270.41 | -5,638.13 | -6,903.31 | -9,964.04 | -7,771.46 | |
| Balance, Domestic sector: All sectors excl. general government | -2,085.23 | -2,243.49 | -2,466.48 | -2,306.94 | -2,358.55 | -3,192.08 | -1,459.44 | -2,334.93 | -4,891.97 | -2,287.16 | |
| Balance, Domestic sector: General government | -4,738.22 | -4,344.94 | -2,494.76 | -654.76 | -2,358.23 | -4,078.33 | -4,178.68 | -4,568.38 | -5,072.08 | -5,484.3 |
Understanding germany secondary income balance, non-government
Grassroots redistributive activities by households, corporations, and non-profit entities shape this particular private sector calculation. The measure subtracts outbound unilateral transfers—such as worker remittances, charitable donations, and non-life insurance premiums—from the corresponding inbound flows benefiting private domestic residents. It carefully filters out all sovereign geopolitical commitments and supranational budgetary levies, isolating the unrequited financial behavior of the civilian economy. This clear boundary ensures the metric reflects only the grassroots movement of wealth, independent of formal state-to-state financial cooperation.
Month-on-month comparisons of the raw data carry inherent noise due to the unpredictable timing of clustered private insurance settlements and corporate penalties. Assessing the trend on a year-on-year basis smooths out these exceptional private settlements and reveals the steady underlying rhythm of immigrant remittances. Retrospective adjustments frequently modify initial prints as decentralized survey data regarding personal money transfers is gradually reconciled with banking network transaction logs. Observers utilize this precise aggregate to evaluate the financial leakage or injection caused by a localized foreign workforce and the global footprint of domestic philanthropic organizations.
Frequently asked questions
- Do personal gifts sent across borders register in this balance?
- Yes, direct cash gifts between international households are a textbook example of the unrequited private transfers captured here.
- Are life insurance claims included in these figures?
- Standard non-life insurance claims appear here, but life insurance is generally treated as a financial account transaction rather than a current transfer.
- How do natural disasters abroad influence this private metric?
- Sudden concentrations of outbound charitable donations from domestic households and corporations will visibly depress the net balance.