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Mexico: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1876–2024 · 146 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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