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Liberia: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1964–2025 · 48 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
22.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.7 pointsfrom 24.1%
Average, 2016–2025
30.4%10 years
Record high and low
37.1% (2015)low 8.98% (2003)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203121.0Forecast
203021.2Forecast
202922.8Forecast
202821.9Forecast
202721.6Forecast
202622.3Forecast
202522.4
202424.1
202328.6
202227.4
202129.8
202035.3
201932.3
201832.7
201735.1
201635.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Liberia 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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