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Israel: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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