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Mexico: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1900–2024 · 122 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
30.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+2.2 pointsfrom 28.6%
Average, 2015–2024
27.1%10 years
Record high and low
38.4% (1986)low 3.21% (1917)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203128.2Forecast
203028.2Forecast
202928.2Forecast
202828.2Forecast
202728.7Forecast
202629.5Forecast
202529.8Forecast
202430.8
202328.6
202228.5
202126.7
202027.8
201925.3
201825.0
201725.0
201626.5
201526.6

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1900–2023
  • Martín Moreno1965–2010
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2009–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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