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Denmark: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1948–2025 · 78 observations · forecasts to 2027 · gcons_GDP

2025
23.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.4 pointsfrom 22.7%
Average, 2016–2025
23.7%10 years
Record high and low
27.9% (2009)low 11.3% (1950)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202723.5Forecast
202623.3Forecast
202523.1
202422.7
202322.7
202222.0
202123.9
202024.8
201924.3
201824.5
201724.5
201625.0

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Denmark 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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