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Saudi Arabia: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1968–2025 · 58 observations · gcons_GDP

2025
20.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.7 pointsfrom 21.3%
Average, 2016–2025
22.5%10 years
Record high and low
35.2% (1987)low 8.43% (1974)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202520.6
202421.3
202320.9
202219.1
202121.7
202027.4
201922.7
201823.2
201723.4
201624.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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