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Burundi: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2024 · 45 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2024
22.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−6.2 pointsfrom 28.4%
Average, 2015–2024
26.6%10 years
Record high and low
42.2% (2011)low 17.4% (1990)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203121.8Forecast
203022.1Forecast
202921.3Forecast
202821.3Forecast
202720.8Forecast
202619.9Forecast
202520.4Forecast
202422.3
202328.4
202233.5
202128.4
202029.2
201928.8
201826.0
201724.1
201622.6
201523.2

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Burundi 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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