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Central African Republic: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1960–2025 · 60 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
27.2% (1973)low 9.36% (1960)

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

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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