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Guyana: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1997–2025 · 29 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
23.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.6 pointsfrom 23.3%
Average, 2016–2025
25.4%10 years
Record high and low
30.5% (2020)low 17.6% (1999)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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16%18%20%22%24%26%28%30%32%2000200520102015202020252030GuyanaGuyana
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203119.1Forecast
203020.5Forecast
202920.7Forecast
202820.2Forecast
202720.8Forecast
202622.4Forecast
202523.9
202423.3
202323.7
202220.4
202124.8
202030.5
201928.1
201827.6
201726.3
201625.2

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1997–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1997–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Guyana 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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