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Bolivia: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1900–2018 · 116 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2018
12.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2017
−22.3 pointsfrom 34.3%
Average, 2009–2018
32.9%10 years
Record high and low
48.3% (1985)low 2.15% (1955)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
201812.0
201734.3
201634.6
201540.6
201440.2
201335.4
201233.2
201133.9
201030.8
200933.5

Sources

  • Peres-Cajias1900–2010
  • Mitchell1950–1992
  • World Development Indicators1986–2007
  • ECLAC1990–2018
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2004

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Bolivia 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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