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Egypt: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1999–2025 · 27 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
23.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.3 pointsfrom 24.2%
Average, 2016–2025
26.6%10 years
Record high and low
33.4% (2006)low 23.8% (2025)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203121.2Forecast
203021.9Forecast
202922.9Forecast
202825.9Forecast
202728.0Forecast
202630.2Forecast
202523.8
202424.2
202324.0
202226.3
202127.0
202027.2
201925.7
201828.0
201729.7
201630.2

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1999–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2002–2015
  • Arab Monetary Fund2013–2020
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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