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Maldives: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2025 · 36 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
36.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−7.3 pointsfrom 43.9%
Average, 2016–2025
39.3%10 years
Record high and low
50.4% (2020)low 24.1% (2004)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203137.9Forecast
203039.5Forecast
202939.9Forecast
202840.1Forecast
202740.0Forecast
202642.1Forecast
202536.5
202443.9
202346.7
202242.0
202140.6
202050.4
201932.9
201831.9
201730.4
201637.3

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1990–2009
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2009–2024
  • Asian Development Bank2009–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Maldives 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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