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Equatorial Guinea: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1996–2024 · 29 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
18.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.8 pointsfrom 19.2%
Average, 2015–2024
20.7%10 years
Record high and low
41.6% (2015)low 11.3% (2002)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203117.8Forecast
203018.1Forecast
202918.8Forecast
202819.2Forecast
202719.3Forecast
202619.2Forecast
202520.7Forecast
202418.5
202319.2
202214.8
202112.7
202016.2
201916.8
201819.1
201720.1
201627.8
201541.6

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1996–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1996–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Equatorial Guinea 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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