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Nicaragua: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1960–2024 · 65 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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