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Iceland: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1901–2025 · 125 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
45.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−2.1 pointsfrom 47.1%
Average, 2016–2025
45.9%10 years
Record high and low
62.8% (2008)low 2.50% (1916)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203143.1Forecast
203043.1Forecast
202943.1Forecast
202843.2Forecast
202743.5Forecast
202643.7Forecast
202545.0
202447.1
202345.2
202246.2
202148.7
202050.4
201943.0
201843.4
201743.8
201645.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Iceland 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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