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Dominican Republic: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
18.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.1 pointsfrom 17.9%
Average, 2016–2025
17.3%10 years
Record high and low
21.3% (1952)low 1.60% (1984)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202518.0
202417.9
202317.6
202217.5
202117.1
202020.7
201916.7
201815.5
201716.1
201615.8

Sources

  • Mitchell1950–1992
  • Central American Monetary Council (historical)1970–2017
  • World Development Indicators1972–2023
  • Central American Monetary Council1991–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2003–2024
  • ECLAC2007–2018

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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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