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Brazil: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1880–2024 · 136 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
45.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.2 pointsfrom 45.3%
Average, 2015–2024
44.4%10 years
Record high and low
46.2% (2015)low 7.55% (1928)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203146.2Forecast
203046.1Forecast
202946.1Forecast
202846.2Forecast
202746.7Forecast
202647.9Forecast
202547.4Forecast
202445.5
202345.3
202243.4
202140.4
202046.2
201943.0
201844.2
201744.3
201645.5
201546.2

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1880–2023
  • ECLAC2000–2014
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2001–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2010–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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