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Myanmar: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1947–2023 · 77 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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 7.27% (1997)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Myanmar 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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