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Afghanistan: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2006–2017 · 12 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2017
36.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2016
−4.1 pointsfrom 40.7%
Average, 2008–2017
45.1%10 years
Record high and low
60.5% (2011)low 20.7% (2006)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
201736.6
201640.7
201536.7
201444.3
201342.9
201242.1
201160.5
201051.9
200944.6
200850.5

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2006–2017
  • World Development Indicators2006–2017

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Afghanistan documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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