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Nepal: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1962–2021 · 52 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2021
19.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2020
−0.7 pointsfrom 20.2%
Record high and low
30.2% (2010)low 5.07% (1962)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202119.4
202020.2
201921.7
201030.2
200927.0
200818.5
200717.1
200613.5
200515.1
200414.4

Sources

  • Mitchell1962–2010
  • World Development Indicators2004–2021
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2019–2021

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Nepal 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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