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Norway: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1865–2025 · 155 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
49.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.8 pointsfrom 47.8%
Average, 2016–2025
47.4%10 years
Record high and low
55.5% (2020)low 3.07% (1873)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203152.5Forecast
203052.2Forecast
202951.8Forecast
202851.4Forecast
202751.0Forecast
202648.9Forecast
202549.5
202447.8
202345.0
202237.0
202145.5
202055.5
201949.1
201847.0
201748.3
201649.5

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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