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Bhutan: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1981–2025 · 45 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
30.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.1 pointsfrom 28.3%
Average, 2016–2025
30.4%10 years
Record high and low
54.1% (1985)low 24.2% (2019)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203131.3Forecast
203031.2Forecast
202931.3Forecast
202834.5Forecast
202735.3Forecast
202635.0Forecast
202530.5
202428.3
202328.9
202232.1
202136.6
202030.9
201924.2
201831.7
201730.6
201630.5

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1987–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Bhutan 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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