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Italy: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1862–2025 · 164 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
51.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.8 pointsfrom 50.5%
Average, 2016–2025
51.8%10 years
Record high and low
56.8% (2020)low 12.7% (1870)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203150.6Forecast
203050.5Forecast
202950.6Forecast
202850.5Forecast
202750.8Forecast
202650.9Forecast
202551.3
202450.5
202353.8
202254.9
202156.1
202056.8
201948.4
201848.3
201748.7
201648.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Italy 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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