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Chile: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1810–2024 · 215 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
26.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.7 pointsfrom 27.4%
Average, 2015–2024
27.2%10 years
Record high and low
36.7% (1972)low 3.12% (1818)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203125.9Forecast
203025.8Forecast
202926.0Forecast
202826.0Forecast
202726.3Forecast
202626.1Forecast
202526.4Forecast
202426.7
202327.4
202226.7
202133.6
202029.1
201926.5
201825.6
201725.5
201625.4
201525.0

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1810–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2000–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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