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Guatemala: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1923–2024 · 102 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
16.9% (1981)low 6.16% (1925)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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