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Rwanda: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2025 · 46 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
24.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−3.0 pointsfrom 27.1%
Average, 2016–2025
27.5%10 years
Record high and low
32.5% (2020)low 12.1% (1984)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203124.1Forecast
203023.0Forecast
202924.0Forecast
202823.7Forecast
202723.6Forecast
202624.6Forecast
202524.1
202427.1
202326.2
202228.7
202131.0
202032.5
201927.7
201826.3
201725.3
201625.4

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Rwanda 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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