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Gambia: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2000–2023 · 24 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2023
23.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
−0.7 pointsfrom 24.6%
Average, 2014–2023
22.0%10 years
Record high and low
25.3% (2020)low 8.59% (2002)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203122.7Forecast
203023.1Forecast
202923.3Forecast
202823.5Forecast
202724.0Forecast
202625.5Forecast
202527.1Forecast
202425.3Forecast
202323.9
202224.6
202121.5
202025.3
201923.9
201819.0
201723.6
201619.4
201519.6
201419.0

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook2000–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031

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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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