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Bangladesh: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1973–2009 · 30 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2009
14.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2008
+1.5 pointsfrom 13.3%
Average, 2001–2009
10.1%9 years
Record high and low
18.1% (1988)low 6.47% (1975)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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6%8%10%12%14%16%18%20%1975198019851990199520002005BangladeshBangladesh
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
200914.7
200813.3
200711.3
200610.2
20058.44
20047.91
20038.20
20028.25
20018.37
199312.3

Sources

  • Mitchell1973–2009
  • World Development Indicators2001–2009

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Bangladesh 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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