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Democratic Republic of Yemen: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–1990 · 21 observations · gcons_GDP

1990
54.7%percent of GDP
Change on 1989
−0.8 pointsfrom 55.5%
Average, 1981–1990
53.6%10 years
Record high and low
58.0% (1986)low 33.0% (1978)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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30%35%40%45%50%55%60%19701975198019851990Democratic Republic of YemenDemocratic Republic of Yemen
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
199054.7
198955.5
198854.9
198753.8
198658.0
198553.0
198450.4
198349.6
198250.0
198156.3

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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