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Egypt: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1951–2025 · 74 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
26.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+3.6 pointsfrom 23.1%
Average, 2016–2025
27.3%10 years
Record high and low
65.3% (1982)low 12.8% (1974)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202526.7
202423.1
202322.7
202225.0
202125.9
202026.1
201928.2
201830.2
201732.3
201633.2

Sources

  • Mitchell1951–2010
  • World Development Indicators1975–2015
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2002–2011

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Egypt 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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