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Austria: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1880–2025 · 125 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
55.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom 55.3%
Average, 2016–2025
52.8%10 years
Record high and low
57.3% (2020)low 11.4% (1880)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203156.1Forecast
203056.1Forecast
202956.2Forecast
202856.3Forecast
202756.3Forecast
202655.3Forecast
202555.2
202455.3
202352.3
202253.0
202156.0
202057.3
201949.1
201849.2
201749.8
201650.6

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Austria 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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