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Gambia: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2023 · 44 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
46.0% (1980)low 8.59% (2002)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Gambia 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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