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Ethiopia: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

2025
12.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.5 pointsfrom 9.54%
Average, 2016–2025
14.1%10 years
Record high and low
27.0% (2003)low 9.54% (2024)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203113.7Forecast
203013.8Forecast
202913.6Forecast
202813.5Forecast
202712.5Forecast
202613.1Forecast
202512.0
20249.54
202310.8
202212.7
202113.8
202014.5
201915.4
201816.1
201718.0
201617.9

Sources

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

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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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