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El Salvador: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1939–2025 · 81 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
30.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.1 pointsfrom 31.4%
Average, 2016–2025
29.6%10 years
Record high and low
32.7% (2020)low 4.84% (1939)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203129.2Forecast
203029.5Forecast
202929.7Forecast
202829.9Forecast
202729.6Forecast
202629.6Forecast
202530.2
202431.4
202330.5
202228.7
202131.1
202032.7
201927.8
201827.6
201728.1
201627.5

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

El Salvador 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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