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Namibia: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2024 · 35 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
39.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+2.6 pointsfrom 37.0%
Average, 2015–2024
39.1%10 years
Record high and low
43.7% (2015)low 26.1% (2007)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203136.5Forecast
203036.4Forecast
202936.3Forecast
202836.3Forecast
202736.4Forecast
202637.6Forecast
202539.4Forecast
202439.6
202337.0
202236.6
202139.3
202041.5
201937.4
201836.3
201738.1
201641.8
201543.7

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2016–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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