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Gabon: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1956–2024 · 56 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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 8.45% (1956)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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