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Central African Republic: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1960–2025 · 60 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
19.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.1 pointsfrom 20.9%
Average, 2016–2025
18.3%10 years
Record high and low
27.2% (1973)low 9.36% (1960)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202519.8
202420.9
202318.6
202218.3
202120.2
202025.1
201917.4
201816.7
201713.9
201612.1

Sources

  • Mitchell1960–2010
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • AFRISTAT1990–2022
  • World Development Indicators2004–2021
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2008–2011

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Central African Republic 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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