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Saudi Arabia: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2025 · 36 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
33.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.4 pointsfrom 34.1%
Average, 2016–2025
34.6%10 years
Record high and low
41.9% (1992)low 27.5% (2008)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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26%28%30%32%34%36%38%40%42%19902000201020202030Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203128.5Forecast
203029.1Forecast
202929.7Forecast
202830.3Forecast
202730.8Forecast
202630.9Forecast
202533.7
202434.1
202333.2
202229.8
202133.2
202040.8
201935.2
201835.3
201736.0
201634.3

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1991–2023
  • Arab Monetary Fund2013–2021
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2018–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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