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Denmark: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1854–2025 · 172 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
47.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.7 pointsfrom 46.8%
Average, 2016–2025
49.2%10 years
Record high and low
59.6% (1994)low 4.41% (1914)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203149.0Forecast
203048.9Forecast
202948.6Forecast
202848.3Forecast
202748.0Forecast
202647.7Forecast
202547.5
202446.8
202346.8
202244.9
202149.4
202053.3
201949.8
201850.8
201750.6
201652.4

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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