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Cape Verde: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1994–2024 · 31 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
26.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.4 pointsfrom 25.7%
Average, 2015–2024
28.2%10 years
Record high and low
48.1% (1994)low 23.4% (2003)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203127.0Forecast
203027.1Forecast
202926.9Forecast
202826.8Forecast
202726.8Forecast
202627.5Forecast
202527.0Forecast
202426.1
202325.7
202226.6
202130.8
202034.5
201927.5
201827.5
201728.0
201626.6
201528.7

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1994–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1994–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2008–2016
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Cape Verde 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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