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Equatorial Guinea: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2024 · 45 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
78.9% (1991)low 11.3% (2002)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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