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Gambia: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2025 · 46 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
24.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.3 pointsfrom 25.4%
Average, 2016–2025
23.5%10 years
Record high and low
46.0% (1980)low 8.86% (2000)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202524.1
202425.4
202323.9
202224.6
202124.6
202025.4
201923.9
201819.0
201723.6
201620.4

Sources

  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1990
  • World Development Indicators1990

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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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