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Paraguay: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1952–2024 · 63 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2024
16.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.4 pointsfrom 15.8%
Average, 2015–2024
14.2%10 years
Record high and low
17.6% (2019)low 3.56% (1952)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202416.1
202315.8
202213.5
202113.7
202015.3
201917.6
201813.6
201712.0
201612.0
201512.5

Sources

  • Mitchell1952–1992
  • ECLAC1990–2018
  • World Development Indicators2005–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2005–2024

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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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