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Gabon: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2024 · 35 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
24.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+3.3 pointsfrom 21.5%
Average, 2015–2024
20.0%10 years
Record high and low
45.5% (1998)low 17.1% (2018)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203131.0Forecast
203030.3Forecast
202929.7Forecast
202831.2Forecast
202730.5Forecast
202629.6Forecast
202528.6Forecast
202424.8
202321.5
202219.7
202117.3
202019.8
201917.4
201817.1
201718.1
201621.8
201522.3

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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