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Norway: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1865–2025 · 155 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
40.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.7 pointsfrom 38.8%
Average, 2016–2025
38.5%10 years
Record high and low
45.8% (2020)low 3.07% (1873)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202540.5
202438.8
202336.3
202229.6
202137.0
202045.8
201939.4
201837.9
201739.3
201640.2

Sources

  • GPIH government budgets1865–1975
  • Mitchell1865–1993
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • World Development Indicators1972–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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Norway 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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