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Barbados: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1972–2004 · 13 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2004
28.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2003
−3.6 pointsfrom 31.7%
Record high and low
31.7% (2003)low 19.8% (1975)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Report error
18%20%22%24%26%28%30%32%197519801985199019952000BarbadosBarbados
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
200428.1
200331.7
198924.5
198825.5
198725.4
198622.7
197821.2
197723.3
197621.5
197519.8

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1972–2004
  • World Development Indicators2003–2004

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Barbados 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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