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Finland: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1882–2025 · 144 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
57.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.3 pointsfrom 57.6%
Average, 2016–2025
54.8%10 years
Record high and low
64.1% (1993)low 7.23% (1890)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203156.1Forecast
203056.0Forecast
202956.1Forecast
202856.1Forecast
202756.4Forecast
202657.0Forecast
202557.3
202457.6
202355.7
202252.6
202155.1
202056.5
201952.6
201852.7
201752.8
201655.1

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Finland 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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