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Mauritius: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
38.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+5.9 pointsfrom 32.6%
Average, 2016–2025
28.9%10 years
Record high and low
38.5% (2025)low 11.4% (1951)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203133.0Forecast
203033.9Forecast
202934.3Forecast
202835.4Forecast
202736.2Forecast
202638.0Forecast
202538.5
202432.6
202328.5
202227.6
202128.3
202032.1
201930.2
201823.9
201723.6
201623.3

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Mauritius 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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