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Eswatini: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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