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Samoa: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1992–2025 · 34 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
26.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.1 pointsfrom 26.3%
Average, 2016–2025
29.7%10 years
Record high and low
54.1% (1994)low 26.3% (2024)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203131.2Forecast
203031.2Forecast
202931.1Forecast
202831.0Forecast
202730.6Forecast
202629.9Forecast
202526.4
202426.3
202328.8
202231.1
202134.1
202030.5
201931.8
201830.0
201730.9
201627.3

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Samoa 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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