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Barbados: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1972–2025 · 43 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
27.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.1 pointsfrom 28.1%
Average, 2016–2025
27.0%10 years
Record high and low
30.6% (2020)low 15.9% (1994)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203125.6Forecast
203025.8Forecast
202925.9Forecast
202826.0Forecast
202726.0Forecast
202626.2Forecast
202527.0
202428.1
202326.5
202226.9
202127.1
202030.6
201922.2
201825.0
201728.0
201628.6

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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