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Colombia: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1925–2025 · 101 observations · forecasts to 2026 · gcons_GDP

2025
15.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.8 pointsfrom 14.7%
Average, 2016–2025
15.3%10 years
Record high and low
17.2% (2020)low 4.00% (1926)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202615.5Forecast
202515.6
202414.7
202314.8
202214.0
202116.0
202017.2
201915.8
201815.4
201714.9
201614.5

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Colombia 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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