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Papua New Guinea: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1975–2010 · 36 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2010
37.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2009
−6.6 pointsfrom 44.3%
Average, 2001–2010
31.3%10 years
Record high and low
44.3% (2009)low 21.9% (2002)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
201037.6
200944.3
200836.8
200732.2
200633.6
200529.6
200425.8
200325.6
200221.9
200125.3

Sources

  • Mitchell1975–2010
  • World Development Indicators1990–2002

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Papua New Guinea 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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