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Bhutan: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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