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Pakistan: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
21.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.8 pointsfrom 19.4%
Average, 2016–2025
19.4%10 years
Record high and low
29.5% (1987)low 5.09% (1951)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203120.1Forecast
203019.1Forecast
202918.3Forecast
202818.5Forecast
202718.5Forecast
202619.0Forecast
202521.2
202419.4
202319.3
202220.0
202118.5
202020.3
201919.1
201819.1
201719.1
201617.7

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1950–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1993–2025
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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