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Mexico: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1876–2023 · 145 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2023
20.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
+0.2 pointsfrom 20.1%
Average, 2014–2023
18.8%10 years
Record high and low
23.8% (1987)low 2.04% (1918)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202320.3
202220.1
202118.7
202019.4
201917.7
201817.9
201717.9
201618.3
201518.8
201419.0

Sources

  • Martín Moreno1876–2001
  • Mitchell1925–1992
  • World Development Indicators1972–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1991–2023
  • ECLAC1999–2018

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Mexico 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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