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Sao Tome and Principe: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2000–2025 · 26 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
21.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−2.6 pointsfrom 23.8%
Average, 2016–2025
26.6%10 years
Record high and low
60.6% (2004)low 10.7% (2000)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203118.9Forecast
203018.8Forecast
202919.0Forecast
202819.2Forecast
202719.7Forecast
202620.6Forecast
202521.2
202423.8
202323.9
202227.7
202125.6
202023.2
201922.8
201828.0
201731.9
201638.3

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook2000–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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