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Brazil: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1861–2024 · 162 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Brazil 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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