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Palestine: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2005–2021 · 17 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2021
8.13%percent of GDP
Change on 2020
−0.4 pointsfrom 8.49%
Average, 2012–2021
7.25%10 years
Record high and low
11.6% (2008)low 6.67% (2012)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20218.13
20208.49
20196.86
20186.86
20177.47
20166.68
20156.94
20147.44
20136.98
20126.67

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2005–2021
  • World Development Indicators2005–2021

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Palestine 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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