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

Percent of GDP · 1987–2025 · 39 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
21.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.7 pointsfrom 19.4%
Average, 2016–2025
17.5%10 years
Record high and low
24.0% (2020)low 11.1% (2016)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203122.2Forecast
203021.6Forecast
202921.0Forecast
202820.5Forecast
202720.0Forecast
202619.3Forecast
202521.1
202419.4
202317.5
202217.1
202119.0
202024.0
201915.8
201816.8
201713.1
201611.1

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1987–2025
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1988–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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