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Chile: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Chile 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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