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

Percent of GDP · 1989–2024 · 36 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
21.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.0 pointsfrom 20.7%
Average, 2015–2024
25.2%10 years
Record high and low
48.6% (2014)low 15.7% (1996)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203119.4Forecast
203019.6Forecast
202920.1Forecast
202820.9Forecast
202722.2Forecast
202624.7Forecast
202523.9Forecast
202421.7
202320.7
202222.8
202120.9
202021.1
201920.2
201817.8
201726.6
201638.8
201541.3

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1989–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1989–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2003–2020
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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