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Portugal: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1870–2025 · 155 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
31.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
0.0 pointsfrom 31.1%
Average, 2016–2025
33.0%10 years
Record high and low
40.3% (2014)low 4.84% (1873)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202531.1
202431.1
202330.8
202232.5
202134.9
202037.0
201931.6
201832.3
201734.8
201634.3

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Mitchell1950–1992
  • World Development Indicators1975–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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Portugal 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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