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Portugal: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1870–2025 · 156 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
42.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.3 pointsfrom 42.4%
Average, 2016–2025
44.4%10 years
Record high and low
51.9% (2010)low 4.84% (1873)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203143.3Forecast
203042.9Forecast
202942.6Forecast
202842.3Forecast
202742.1Forecast
202644.2Forecast
202542.7
202442.4
202342.0
202243.9
202147.3
202049.1
201942.5
201843.3
201745.5
201644.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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