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Equatorial Guinea: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2025 · 46 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
16.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−2.7 pointsfrom 18.9%
Average, 2016–2025
17.7%10 years
Record high and low
78.9% (1991)low 12.8% (2021)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202516.2
202418.9
202319.7
202215.1
202112.8
202016.2
201916.7
201819.8
201720.8
201621.0

Sources

  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • AFRISTAT1990–2022
  • World Development Indicators2006–2022

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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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