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Maldives: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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