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Madagascar: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2025 · 46 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
13.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−2.6 pointsfrom 16.1%
Average, 2016–2025
15.2%10 years
Record high and low
22.7% (1980)low 10.4% (1987)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203116.6Forecast
203016.6Forecast
202916.5Forecast
202816.3Forecast
202716.4Forecast
202617.1Forecast
202513.5
202416.1
202317.7
202216.2
202113.9
202016.4
201915.4
201814.4
201714.9
201613.5

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1980–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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