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Israel: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 72 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
43.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.9 pointsfrom 44.3%
Average, 2016–2025
40.9%10 years
Record high and low
88.6% (1984)low 18.2% (1952)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203142.0Forecast
203041.9Forecast
202941.8Forecast
202842.2Forecast
202742.6Forecast
202643.6Forecast
202543.4
202444.3
202340.2
202237.5
202140.7
202045.5
201939.4
201839.9
201739.1
201638.7

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1950–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1976–2024
  • OECD Economic Outlook1998–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2000–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Israel 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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