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Argentina: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1810–2025 · 205 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
10.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 10.2%
Average, 2016–2025
16.0%10 years
Record high and low
20.7% (2016)low 0.523% (1820)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202510.0
202410.2
202315.1
202216.0
202117.3
202019.5
201916.4
201816.3
201718.4
201620.7

Sources

  • Ferreres et al.1810–2025
  • Arroyo Abad & Lindert1870–1960
  • Mitchell1935–1984
  • ECLAC1990–2019
  • World Development Indicators1990–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2002–2024

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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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