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Guinea-Bissau: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2025 · 46 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
18.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.6 pointsfrom 19.6%
Average, 2016–2025
20.0%10 years
Record high and low
56.0% (1980)low 8.72% (1998)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202518.1
202419.6
202321.7
202220.7
202121.1
202022.7
201918.5
201819.3
201718.2
201620.6

Sources

  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • AFRISTAT1990–2022
  • Central Bank of West African States1990–2024
  • World Development Indicators2017–2023

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Guinea-Bissau 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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