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Sao Tome and Principe: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2025 · 56 observations · gcons_GDP

2025
13.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.7 pointsfrom 13.0%
Average, 2016–2025
14.1%10 years
Record high and low
42.4% (1988)low 8.46% (1979)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202513.7
202413.0
202311.5
202213.1
202114.5
202014.2
201913.4
201814.0
201714.4
201618.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Sao Tome and Principe 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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