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Laos: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2000–2024 · 25 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
15.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.7 pointsfrom 16.5%
Average, 2015–2024
18.9%10 years
Record high and low
25.8% (2015)low 13.6% (2004)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203117.4Forecast
203017.3Forecast
202917.4Forecast
202817.4Forecast
202717.4Forecast
202618.8Forecast
202517.9Forecast
202415.8
202316.5
202214.7
202115.7
202018.4
201918.6
201820.7
201721.8
201621.1
201525.8

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook2000–2024
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2008–2022
  • Asian Development Bank2008–2022
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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