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Italy: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1862–2025 · 164 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
32.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom 32.5%
Average, 2016–2025
33.2%10 years
Record high and low
43.4% (1944)low 10.0% (1870)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202532.4
202432.5
202335.9
202236.2
202137.3
202037.3
201929.4
201829.8
201730.6
201630.8

Sources

  • GPIH government budgets1862–1973
  • Mitchell1862–1993
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • World Development Indicators1973–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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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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