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Kuwait: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1964–2024 · 59 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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 15.6% (1979)

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

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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