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Colombia: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1945–2025 · 81 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
23.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.5 pointsfrom 23.9%
Average, 2016–2025
23.5%10 years
Record high and low
28.3% (2013)low 6.03% (1950)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202523.5
202423.9
202324.2
202224.1
202125.9
202026.4
201922.7
201821.8
201721.3
201620.9

Sources

  • Mitchell1945–1992
  • ECLAC1990–2011
  • Banco de la República, Colombia1994–2024
  • World Development Indicators1998–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1998–2024
  • Banco de la República de Colombia2004–2025

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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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