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Madagascar: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 67 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
17.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.9 pointsfrom 18.6%
Average, 2016–2025
16.8%10 years
Record high and low
23.5% (1980)low 6.91% (1950)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202517.6
202418.6
202320.5
202218.9
202114.6
202017.0
201915.7
201815.4
201715.4
201614.1

Sources

  • Mitchell1950–2010
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • AFRISTAT1996–2022
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2000–2002
  • World Development Indicators2003–2023

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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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