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Philippines: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1946–2023 · 77 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2023
16.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
−1.7 pointsfrom 18.5%
Average, 2014–2023
15.5%10 years
Record high and low
24.1% (2009)low 6.28% (1947)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202316.7
202218.5
202119.0
202019.4
201914.6
201814.1
201713.5
201613.3
201513.4
201412.9

Sources

  • Mitchell1946–2010
  • World Development Indicators1990–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2012–2023

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Philippines 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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