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Republic of the Congo: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1955–2024 · 57 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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 3.89% (1955)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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