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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)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
197441.3
197343.0
197232.9
197134.5
197029.7
196939.0
196827.1
196727.6
196627.9
196527.2

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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