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Burundi: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2025 · 46 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
18.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−2.8 pointsfrom 21.1%
Average, 2016–2025
22.1%10 years
Record high and low
32.3% (2001)low 18.3% (2025)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202518.3
202421.1
202324.6
202223.5
202120.8
202024.1
201924.4
201822.2
201720.1
201621.5

Sources

  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1981
  • World Development Indicators1991–2021
  • AFRISTAT2002–2022

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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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