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Belize: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1996–2025 · 30 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
25.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.9 pointsfrom 26.8%
Average, 2016–2025
27.1%10 years
Record high and low
33.2% (2020)low 19.9% (1996)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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18%20%22%24%26%28%30%32%34%2000200520102015202020252030BelizeBelize
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203125.6Forecast
203025.6Forecast
202925.7Forecast
202826.1Forecast
202726.3Forecast
202626.1Forecast
202525.9
202426.8
202325.8
202223.4
202125.7
202033.2
201927.5
201826.9
201727.7
201627.7

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1996–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1996–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Belize 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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