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Guatemala: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1995–2024 · 30 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
13.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.4 pointsfrom 13.7%
Average, 2015–2024
13.5%10 years
Record high and low
15.6% (2020)low 9.77% (1995)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203115.2Forecast
203015.2Forecast
202915.2Forecast
202815.3Forecast
202715.3Forecast
202615.0Forecast
202514.7Forecast
202413.4
202313.7
202214.3
202113.5
202015.6
201913.4
201813.2
201712.8
201612.6
201512.6

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1995–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1995–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2014–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Guatemala 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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