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Botswana: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2025 · 46 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
37.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+3.1 pointsfrom 33.8%
Average, 2016–2025
34.3%10 years
Record high and low
53.8% (2009)low 28.6% (2022)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202537.0
202433.8
202332.6
202228.6
202131.5
202037.8
201936.2
201835.3
201734.8
201635.0

Sources

  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • World Development Indicators1990–2024

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Botswana 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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