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Nepal: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1962–2025 · 64 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
21.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.0 pointsfrom 21.8%
Average, 2016–2025
24.8%10 years
Record high and low
28.5% (2020)low 5.07% (1962)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203125.1Forecast
203024.9Forecast
202924.8Forecast
202824.8Forecast
202724.9Forecast
202622.4Forecast
202521.8
202421.8
202325.1
202226.1
202127.2
202028.5
201927.1
201828.0
201723.6
201619.0

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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