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Jamaica: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2025 · 36 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
33.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+3.8 pointsfrom 30.1%
Average, 2016–2025
28.5%10 years
Record high and low
37.7% (2009)low 18.2% (1992)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203130.3Forecast
203030.5Forecast
202930.5Forecast
202830.8Forecast
202731.7Forecast
202633.1Forecast
202533.8
202430.1
202327.7
202227.1
202127.6
202030.1
201927.5
201827.5
201726.9
201626.5

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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