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Colombia: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1905–2025 · 121 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
33.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.2 pointsfrom 34.4%
Average, 2016–2025
33.2%10 years
Record high and low
35.1% (2023)low 4.65% (1919)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203131.9Forecast
203031.9Forecast
202931.8Forecast
202831.9Forecast
202732.6Forecast
202633.0Forecast
202533.2
202434.4
202335.1
202234.1
202134.5
202033.7
201932.9
201834.7
201729.3
201630.0

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1905–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1982–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1998–2024
  • ECLAC2009–2011
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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