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Nicaragua: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1960–2024 · 63 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
26.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.2 pointsfrom 26.0%
Average, 2015–2024
27.5%10 years
Record high and low
49.4% (1982)low 9.93% (1961)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203125.3Forecast
203025.8Forecast
202926.2Forecast
202826.5Forecast
202726.7Forecast
202627.1Forecast
202526.1Forecast
202426.2
202326.0
202228.6
202130.0
202028.9
201927.7
201827.7
201727.3
201626.8
201525.4

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1960–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2000–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Nicaragua 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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