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Liberia: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1964–2025 · 47 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
19.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.5 pointsfrom 20.5%
Average, 2016–2025
28.7%10 years
Record high and low
43.0% (2015)low 7.33% (2003)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202519.0
202420.5
202325.2
202223.4
202125.5
202031.1
201931.6
201832.9
201735.5
201642.2

Sources

  • Mitchell1964–1986
  • World Development Indicators1982
  • African Development Bank2000–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2004–2013

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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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