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Russian Federation: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1885–2025 · 56 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
39.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.5 pointsfrom 36.7%
Average, 2016–2025
35.9%10 years
Record high and low
39.7% (1998)low 11.0% (1888)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203137.5Forecast
203037.2Forecast
202937.0Forecast
202837.8Forecast
202737.6Forecast
202637.5Forecast
202539.1
202436.7
202336.1
202235.1
202134.9
202039.2
201933.8
201832.6
201734.8
201636.6

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1885–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1998–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2000–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Russian Federation 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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