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Pakistan: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2010 · 61 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2010
36.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2009
+5.2 pointsfrom 31.4%
Average, 2001–2010
22.8%10 years
Record high and low
36.5% (2010)low 8.49% (1950)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
201036.5
200931.4
200829.3
200722.5
200620.1
200516.4
200416.3
200318.3
200219.0
200117.8

Sources

  • Mitchell1950–2010
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1997–2000
  • World Development Indicators1997–2000

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Pakistan 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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