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Panama: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1946–2025 · 80 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
20.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−2.2 pointsfrom 23.1%
Average, 2016–2025
22.2%10 years
Record high and low
51.3% (1982)low 14.3% (1949)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203120.9Forecast
203020.7Forecast
202920.9Forecast
202821.0Forecast
202721.2Forecast
202621.3Forecast
202520.9
202423.1
202321.4
202221.3
202123.7
202027.0
201920.5
201821.7
201721.1
201621.3

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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