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Chad: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1972–2024 · 50 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2024
18.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.0 pointsfrom 17.1%
Average, 2015–2024
13.2%10 years
Record high and low
24.8% (1993)low 2.83% (1980)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203117.8Forecast
203017.9Forecast
202917.7Forecast
202818.1Forecast
202719.5Forecast
202618.6Forecast
202518.6Forecast
202418.1
202317.1
202212.6
202113.0
202014.1
201910.6
20189.73
201711.3
201611.2
201513.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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