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Nicaragua: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1960–2025 · 65 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
18.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.2 pointsfrom 19.9%
Average, 2016–2025
19.7%10 years
Record high and low
58.6% (1984)low 5.61% (1964)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202518.6
202419.9
202319.0
202220.4
202121.7
202020.0
201919.2
201819.6
201719.3
201619.1

Sources

  • Central American Monetary Council (historical)1960–2017
  • World Development Indicators1990–2023
  • ECLAC1994–2018
  • Central American Monetary Council2006–2025

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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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