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Botswana: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

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

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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