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Lesotho: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1972–2025 · 52 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
54.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.8 pointsfrom 52.5%
Average, 2016–2025
52.4%10 years
Record high and low
66.4% (2009)low 8.89% (1974)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203153.6Forecast
203053.5Forecast
202953.2Forecast
202853.0Forecast
202753.0Forecast
202652.6Forecast
202554.2
202452.5
202349.0
202250.8
202153.6
202054.2
201952.9
201851.9
201750.4
201654.1

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Lesotho 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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