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Egypt: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1951–2025 · 74 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
65.3% (1982)low 12.8% (1974)

Government expenditure (% 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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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