Commercial users: see the World Economic Database from our partners at Anansi Data Analytics

Puerto Rico: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1929–2024 · 66 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2024
22.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.1 pointsfrom 22.2%
Average, 2015–2024
21.5%10 years
Record high and low
26.7% (1975)low 4.74% (1941)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Report error
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%19401960198020002020Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203119.5Forecast
203019.7Forecast
202920.0Forecast
202820.3Forecast
202722.1Forecast
202622.5Forecast
202522.9Forecast
202422.1
202322.2
202220.6
202121.2
202021.4
201921.1
201822.1
201721.9
201621.0
201521.5

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Puerto Rico documentation (PDF)

More for Puerto Rico

Real GDP per capita (USD)Nominal GDPReal GDPInflationUnemployment rateGovernment debt (% of GDP)All 55 series →

Government expenditure (% of GDP) elsewhere

United StatesChinaJapanGermanyUnited KingdomFrance

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 →

GMD release 2026_09 · License & terms