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Chad: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1972–2025 · 51 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
16.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.9 pointsfrom 15.2%
Average, 2016–2025
12.5%10 years
Record high and low
24.8% (1993)low 2.83% (1980)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202516.1
202415.2
202314.9
202210.2
202112.9
202013.4
201910.6
20189.51
201711.3
201611.3

Sources

  • Mitchell1972–2010
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • AFRISTAT1990–2022

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Chad 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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