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Botswana: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2024 · 45 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
33.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.4 pointsfrom 32.4%
Average, 2015–2024
34.2%10 years
Record high and low
52.1% (2009)low 29.1% (2022)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203136.0Forecast
203035.7Forecast
202935.3Forecast
202835.0Forecast
202734.8Forecast
202635.7Forecast
202535.0Forecast
202433.7
202332.4
202229.1
202131.4
202036.5
201936.9
201835.6
201734.7
201634.1
201537.8

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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