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Austria: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

2025
54.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom 54.1%
Average, 2016–2025
52.6%10 years
Record high and low
57.4% (2020)low 11.4% (1880)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203153.2Forecast
203053.1Forecast
202953.1Forecast
202853.2Forecast
202753.0Forecast
202653.3Forecast
202554.0
202454.1
202352.6
202253.0
202156.1
202057.4
201949.1
201849.2
201749.8
201650.7

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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