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Kuwait: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1985–2024 · 40 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
48.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.3 pointsfrom 48.3%
Average, 2015–2024
51.0%10 years
Record high and low
208.1% (1991)low 28.7% (2005)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203148.2Forecast
203048.2Forecast
202948.0Forecast
202847.8Forecast
202748.2Forecast
202648.9Forecast
202550.1Forecast
202448.0
202348.3
202239.6
202148.3
202062.9
201950.2
201851.0
201751.9
201654.0
201555.3

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1985–2024
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2001–2006
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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