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Puerto Rico: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1929–1983 · 55 observations · cgovexp_GDP

1983
21.5%percent of GDP
Change on 1982
−1.8 pointsfrom 23.3%
Average, 1974–1983
24.1%10 years
Record high and low
26.7% (1975)low 4.74% (1941)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
198321.5
198223.3
198124.1
198023.2
197922.8
197823.6
197725.4
197626.6
197526.7
197423.8

Sources

  • Mitchell1929–1983

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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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