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Gabon: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1956–2025 · 57 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
25.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.0 pointsfrom 24.8%
Average, 2016–2025
21.7%10 years
Record high and low
45.4% (1985)low 8.45% (1956)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202525.9
202424.8
202323.6
202220.7
202118.3
202021.2
201919.2
201819.1
201720.3
201623.7

Sources

  • Mitchell1956–2010
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • AFRISTAT1990–2020
  • World Development Indicators2012–2021

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Gabon 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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