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Greece: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1833–2025 · 182 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
35.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.5 pointsfrom 35.4%
Average, 2016–2025
38.5%10 years
Record high and low
53.4% (2013)low 8.81% (1917)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202535.9
202435.4
202336.9
202240.4
202143.1
202045.3
201934.9
201837.1
201736.9
201638.7

Sources

  • National Bank of Serbia1833–1939
  • Mitchell1950–1993
  • World Development Indicators1972–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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Greece 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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