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Eswatini: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2025 · 46 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
35.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.2 pointsfrom 33.6%
Average, 2016–2025
32.3%10 years
Record high and low
35.7% (2025)low 15.3% (1980)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203135.1Forecast
203035.6Forecast
202936.0Forecast
202836.4Forecast
202737.4Forecast
202638.3Forecast
202535.7
202433.6
202331.5
202228.9
202129.3
202032.2
201932.8
201831.6
201733.6
201634.0

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1980–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Eswatini 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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