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Argentina: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1810–2025 · 205 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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 0.523% (1820)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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