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Myanmar: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1947–2019 · 72 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2019
14.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2018
+7.9 pointsfrom 6.88%
Average, 2010–2019
14.2%9 years
Record high and low
18.3% (2017)low 3.96% (2002)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
201914.7
20186.88
201718.3
201616.5
201517.9
201417.4
201314.9
201211.1
201010.2
20098.81

Sources

  • Mitchell1947–2010
  • World Development Indicators2003–2019
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2012–2019

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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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