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Mozambique: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2023 · 44 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2023
33.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
+0.4 pointsfrom 32.9%
Average, 2014–2023
32.1%10 years
Record high and low
39.7% (2014)low 14.2% (1980)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203137.8Forecast
203038.0Forecast
202935.5Forecast
202834.3Forecast
202733.1Forecast
202632.9Forecast
202530.3Forecast
202433.3Forecast
202333.3
202232.9
202132.1
202033.9
201928.0
201831.2
201728.6
201628.7
201532.2
201439.7

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Mozambique 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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