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Saudi Arabia: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2018–2024 · 7 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2024
26.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.3 pointsfrom 24.9%
Average, 2018–2024
26.4%7 years
Record high and low
31.8% (2020)low 22.6% (2022)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202426.2
202324.9
202222.6
202125.6
202031.8
201926.8
201826.7

Sources

  • World Development Indicators2018–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2018–2024

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Saudi Arabia 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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