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Bulgaria: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2025 · 56 observations · forecasts to 2027 · gcons_GDP

2025
20.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.1 pointsfrom 19.8%
Average, 2016–2025
18.0%10 years
Record high and low
20.8% (2025)low 12.1% (1997)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202722.6Forecast
202621.9Forecast
202520.8
202419.8
202318.5
202218.3
202118.9
202019.3
201916.8
201816.5
201715.6
201615.6

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Bulgaria 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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