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Saudi Arabia: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

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

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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