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Denmark: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

2025
48.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.7 pointsfrom 47.3%
Average, 2016–2025
49.4%10 years
Record high and low
59.6% (1994)low 4.41% (1914)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203150.2Forecast
203050.1Forecast
202949.8Forecast
202849.6Forecast
202749.4Forecast
202648.8Forecast
202548.0
202447.3
202347.4
202245.1
202149.7
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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