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Bulgaria: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1887–2025 · 95 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
31.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.3 pointsfrom 29.2%
Average, 2016–2025
27.9%10 years
Record high and low
31.6% (2022)low 6.56% (1887)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202531.5
202429.2
202329.0
202231.6
202130.2
202029.0
201924.7
201824.2
201724.0
201625.2

Sources

  • National Bank of Serbia1887–1945
  • Mitchell1924–1941
  • World Development Indicators1990–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1990–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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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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