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Namibia: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2025 · 36 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
36.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.7 pointsfrom 37.4%
Average, 2016–2025
37.2%10 years
Record high and low
40.9% (2020)low 25.4% (2006)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202536.7
202437.4
202337.4
202236.6
202138.4
202040.9
201934.3
201836.4
201738.3
201635.1

Sources

  • African Development Bank1990–2025
  • World Development Indicators1991–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2016–2024

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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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