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Iraq: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 47 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
40.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.0 pointsfrom 39.0%
Average, 2016–2025
37.2%10 years
Record high and low
93.0% (2004)low 13.4% (1955)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203141.1Forecast
203040.4Forecast
202939.9Forecast
202839.5Forecast
202739.0Forecast
202640.0Forecast
202540.1
202439.0
202338.4
202231.6
202133.8
202036.4
201943.9
201832.4
201736.4
201640.2

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Iraq 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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