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Denmark: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1854–2025 · 172 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
35.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.4 pointsfrom 34.8%
Average, 2016–2025
36.4%10 years
Record high and low
43.8% (2012)low 4.59% (1913)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202535.2
202434.8
202334.6
202233.1
202137.3
202039.8
201936.3
201837.3
201737.3
201638.8

Sources

  • Mitchell1854–1993
  • GPIH government budgets1869–1975
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • World Development Indicators1972–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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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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