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Hungary: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1925–2025 · 61 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
47.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
0.0 pointsfrom 47.3%
Average, 2016–2025
47.7%10 years
Record high and low
59.5% (1940)low 19.8% (1926)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203144.9Forecast
203045.0Forecast
202945.0Forecast
202844.5Forecast
202744.0Forecast
202645.1Forecast
202547.3
202447.3
202349.7
202249.1
202148.1
202051.0
201945.8
201845.9
201746.6
201646.7

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Hungary 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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