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Cuba: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1903–2018 · 68 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2018
40.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2017
+0.1 pointsfrom 40.7%
Average, 2009–2018
43.3%10 years
Record high and low
74.3% (1963)low 4.70% (1920)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
201840.8
201740.7
201637.0
201538.6
201436.4
201340.9
201247.1
201148.3
201049.0
200953.9

Sources

  • Mitchell1903–1965
  • ECLAC2003–2018

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Cuba 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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