Iraq: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1950–1974 · 25 observations · cgovexp_GDP
- 1974
- 41.3%percent of GDP
- Change on 1973
- −1.7 pointsfrom 43.0%
- Average, 1965–1974
- 33.0%10 years
- Record high and low
- 43.0% (1973)low 13.4% (1955)
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| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 41.3 | |
| 1973 | 43.0 | |
| 1972 | 32.9 | |
| 1971 | 34.5 | |
| 1970 | 29.7 | |
| 1969 | 39.0 | |
| 1968 | 27.1 | |
| 1967 | 27.6 | |
| 1966 | 27.9 | |
| 1965 | 27.2 |
Sources
- Mitchell1950–1974
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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