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Palau: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2008–2019 · 12 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2019
48.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2018
+2.5 pointsfrom 45.5%
Average, 2010–2019
51.1%10 years
Record high and low
60.5% (2012)low 42.7% (2015)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
201948.0
201845.5
201746.1
201645.4
201542.7
201451.6
201354.3
201260.5
201160.0
201057.1

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2008–2019
  • World Development Indicators2008–2019

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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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