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Brazil: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1861–2024 · 162 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2024
32.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.0 pointsfrom 32.4%
Average, 2015–2024
32.4%10 years
Record high and low
34.9% (2020)low 6.10% (1947)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202432.4
202332.4
202231.6
202129.5
202034.9
201931.1
201832.2
201732.4
201633.4
201533.9

Sources

  • Mitchell1861–1992
  • ECLAC1995–2014
  • World Development Indicators2010–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2010–2024

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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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