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Denmark: General government expenditure

Millions of local currency · 1880–2025 · 146 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp

2025
1.45 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+5.9%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.8%a year

General government expenditure

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
20311,850,687Forecast
20301,786,403Forecast
20291,718,904Forecast
20281,653,946Forecast
20271,588,154Forecast
20261,516,519Forecast
20251,451,767
20241,370,424
20231,313,530
20221,276,891
20211,269,112
20201,240,994
20191,147,380
20181,138,695
20171,107,962
20161,100,182

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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