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Ecuador: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1995–2025 · 31 observations · govexp_GDP

2025
38.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.0 pointsfrom 38.3%
Average, 2016–2025
39.8%10 years
Record high and low
46.7% (2013)low 21.3% (2003)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202538.4
202438.3
202339.6
202238.9
202137.5
202040.2
201939.8
201840.9
201740.5
201644.1

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Ecuador 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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