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Bulgaria: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1887–2025 · 95 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
41.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.5 pointsfrom 39.2%
Average, 2016–2025
38.7%10 years
Record high and low
43.2% (2014)low 6.56% (1887)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203137.9Forecast
203038.4Forecast
202938.9Forecast
202839.3Forecast
202739.9Forecast
202640.8Forecast
202541.7
202439.2
202338.9
202241.3
202141.5
202041.4
201936.5
201837.1
201734.8
201634.8

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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