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Jamaica: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1929–2025 · 89 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
38.4% (1980)low 9.89% (1950)

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

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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