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El Salvador: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1939–2025 · 81 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
25.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.3 pointsfrom 23.9%
Average, 2016–2025
22.6%10 years
Record high and low
29.2% (2020)low 4.84% (1939)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202525.3
202423.9
202321.7
202222.7
202124.9
202029.2
201920.3
201820.3
201719.8
201618.3

Sources

  • Mitchell1939–1992
  • Central American Monetary Council (historical)1980–2017
  • ECLAC1990–2020
  • Central American Monetary Council1994–2025
  • World Development Indicators1998–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2002–2024

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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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