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Namibia: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Namibia 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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