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Finland: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1882–2025 · 144 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
34.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.4 pointsfrom 33.7%
Average, 2016–2025
29.1%10 years
Record high and low
58.4% (1941)low 6.22% (1891)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202534.1
202433.7
202333.0
202226.4
202128.0
202029.5
201925.9
201826.1
201726.5
201627.6

Sources

  • GPIH government budgets1882–1975
  • Mitchell1882–1993
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1882–2020
  • World Development Indicators1972–2023
  • Eurostat1980–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024

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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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