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

Percent of GDP · 1980–2025 · 46 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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 8.12% (1996)

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

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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