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Myanmar: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1998–2023 · 26 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2023
22.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
+0.8 pointsfrom 21.3%
Average, 2014–2023
21.5%10 years
Record high and low
25.2% (1998)low 14.3% (2003)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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14%16%18%20%22%24%26%28%2000200520102015202020252030MyanmarMyanmar
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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203124.4Forecast
203024.3Forecast
202924.4Forecast
202824.8Forecast
202725.1Forecast
202625.7Forecast
202525.9Forecast
202426.5Forecast
202322.1
202221.3
202122.0
202021.3
201920.5
201818.7
201719.7
201621.3
201523.7
201424.7

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1998–2020
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1998–2023
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2012–2019
  • Asian Development Bank2012–2019
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2012–2019
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2020–2031

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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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