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Papua New Guinea: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1975–2025 · 51 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
19.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.2 pointsfrom 20.9%
Average, 2016–2025
21.1%10 years
Record high and low
36.3% (1975)low 17.1% (1995)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203118.4Forecast
203018.5Forecast
202918.6Forecast
202818.5Forecast
202718.7Forecast
202619.3Forecast
202519.7
202420.9
202322.3
202221.9
202122.0
202023.5
201921.3
201820.3
201718.4
201620.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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