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Libya: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1963–2025 · 59 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
77.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+6.0 pointsfrom 71.7%
Average, 2016–2025
58.0%10 years
Record high and low
146.6% (2015)low 16.4% (1964)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203165.3Forecast
203065.6Forecast
202966.2Forecast
202867.1Forecast
202767.7Forecast
202666.4Forecast
202577.7
202471.7
202357.8
202242.9
202144.4
2020123.8
201947.3
201837.5
201734.9
201642.0

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Libya 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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