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Austria: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1924–2025 · 91 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
35.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.3 pointsfrom 35.6%
Average, 2016–2025
34.6%10 years
Record high and low
38.2% (2020)low 13.7% (1925)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202535.3
202435.6
202333.8
202236.1
202137.4
202038.2
201931.5
201831.9
201732.7
201633.5

Sources

  • GPIH government budgets1924–1975
  • Mitchell1924–1993
  • World Development Indicators1972–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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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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