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Botswana: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1960–2025 · 66 observations · gcons_GDP

2025
31.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.6 pointsfrom 32.1%
Average, 2016–2025
30.7%10 years
Record high and low
36.2% (2020)low 14.0% (1972)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202531.5
202432.1
202329.3
202227.9
202131.5
202036.2
201931.7
201829.1
201728.9
201628.5

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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