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Cape Verde: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2024 · 45 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
58.3% (1983)low 23.4% (2003)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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