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Central African Republic: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1960–2025 · 66 observations · gcons_GDP

2025
20.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.3 pointsfrom 17.8%
Average, 2016–2025
16.1%10 years
Record high and low
26.3% (1987)low 10.9% (2012)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202520.2
202417.8
202315.4
202215.4
202116.9
202017.8
201914.8
201814.2
201714.1
201614.4

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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