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Ethiopia: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1960–2025 · 66 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
10.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.1 pointsfrom 9.51%
Average, 2016–2025
13.9%10 years
Record high and low
27.5% (2003)low 4.47% (1960)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202510.6
20249.51
202310.8
202212.7
202113.8
202014.5
201915.4
201816.1
201718.0
201617.9

Sources

  • Mitchell1960–2010
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • World Development Indicators1990–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2002

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Ethiopia 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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