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Jamaica: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2024 · 74 observations · gcons_GDP

2024
13.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−2.6 pointsfrom 16.2%
Average, 2015–2024
13.7%10 years
Record high and low
18.6% (1982)low 5.60% (1957)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202413.6
202316.2
202214.0
202113.9
202015.7
201912.9
201812.6
201712.4
201613.0
201513.1

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Jamaica 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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