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Israel: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2024 · 75 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2024
37.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+3.0 pointsfrom 34.5%
Average, 2015–2024
34.1%10 years
Record high and low
81.3% (1973)low 25.2% (1952)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202437.6
202334.5
202232.9
202135.7
202037.5
201932.7
201833.5
201733.1
201632.2
201531.6

Sources

  • Mitchell1950–2010
  • World Development Indicators1972–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2000–2024

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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