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Bangladesh: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1973–2025 · 53 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
10.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.2 pointsfrom 12.0%
Average, 2016–2025
12.5%10 years
Record high and low
13.6% (2019)low 6.47% (1975)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203116.9Forecast
203016.8Forecast
202916.5Forecast
202816.0Forecast
202714.6Forecast
202612.1Forecast
202510.9
202412.0
202312.6
202213.0
202112.9
202013.3
201913.6
201813.0
201712.2
201611.6

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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