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Bolivia: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2026 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
32.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.3 pointsfrom 33.5%
Average, 2016–2025
31.8%10 years
Record high and low
46.7% (1980)low 4.47% (1955)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202629.0Forecast
202532.2
202433.5
202333.5
202231.2
202129.4
202031.9
201930.1
201831.4
201731.6
201632.9

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1950–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1986–2007
  • Peres-Cajias1990–2010
  • ECLAC1997–2018
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2026

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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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