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Russian Federation: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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