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Kuwait: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1965–2024 · 60 observations · gcons_GDP

2024
24.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.1 pointsfrom 24.6%
Average, 2015–2024
24.7%10 years
Record high and low
201.0% (1991)low 7.32% (1974)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202424.4
202324.6
202220.9
202125.4
202030.2
201924.4
201823.0
201724.4
201625.7
201524.2

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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