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Republic of the Congo: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1955–2025 · 58 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
15.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−2.9 pointsfrom 17.9%
Average, 2016–2025
16.6%10 years
Record high and low
36.0% (1993)low 3.89% (1955)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%40%1960197019801990200020102020Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202515.0
202417.9
202313.8
202217.1
202118.1
202017.9
201916.3
201816.6
201716.3
201617.2

Sources

  • Mitchell1955–2010
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • AFRISTAT1990–2018
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2001–2021
  • World Development Indicators2001–2021

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Republic of the Congo 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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