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Argentina: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1864–2025 · 162 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
31.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.6 pointsfrom 31.0%
Average, 2016–2025
37.8%10 years
Record high and low
42.5% (2020)low 4.05% (1864)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203132.1Forecast
203032.1Forecast
202932.1Forecast
202831.9Forecast
202731.8Forecast
202631.3Forecast
202531.6
202431.0
202337.6
202237.6
202137.9
202042.5
201938.1
201838.9
201741.1
201641.5

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1864–2023
  • Ferreres et al.1961–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1993–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2002–2004
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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