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Kuwait: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1964–2015 · 50 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2015
52.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2014
+11.5 pointsfrom 40.5%
Average, 2006–2015
38.8%10 years
Record high and low
210.1% (1991)low 15.6% (1979)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
201552.0
201440.5
201333.5
201234.7
201139.5
201042.2
200936.3
200845.5
200729.3
200634.6

Sources

  • Mitchell1964–2010
  • World Development Indicators1972–2006
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1980–2015

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Kuwait 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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