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Chile: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1940–2024 · 85 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2024
23.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.7 pointsfrom 24.6%
Average, 2015–2024
24.2%10 years
Record high and low
33.1% (1971)low 10.5% (1942)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202423.9
202324.6
202224.1
202130.8
202026.2
201923.3
201822.6
201722.3
201622.1
201521.6

Sources

  • Mitchell1940–1992
  • World Development Indicators1972–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1972–2024
  • ECLAC1990–2020

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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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