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Panama: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1946–2025 · 70 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
16.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 16.3%
Average, 2019–2025
16.2%7 years
Record high and low
34.5% (1979)low 11.1% (1949)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202516.1
202416.3
202315.4
202214.9
202118.0
202018.9
201914.0
201519.7
201419.2
201321.1

Sources

  • Mitchell1946–1992
  • ECLAC2000–2012
  • Central American Monetary Council2007–2015
  • World Development Indicators2014–2021
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2019–2025

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Panama 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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