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Afghanistan: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2002–2025 · 24 observations · govexp_GDP

2025
20.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.3 pointsfrom 19.7%
Average, 2016–2025
23.1%10 years
Record high and low
28.9% (2018)low 6.94% (2002)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202520.0
202419.7
202317.0
202216.1
202117.9
202027.9
201928.0
201828.9
201727.7
201628.0

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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