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Greece: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1833–2025 · 185 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
48.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.2 pointsfrom 48.1%
Average, 2016–2025
51.0%10 years
Record high and low
63.9% (2013)low 8.81% (1917)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203147.2Forecast
203047.1Forecast
202947.0Forecast
202846.8Forecast
202746.9Forecast
202648.8Forecast
202548.3
202448.1
202349.5
202253.1
202156.6
202059.3
201947.7
201848.6
201748.6
201650.3

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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