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Senegal: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1962–2025 · 64 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
27.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−2.6 pointsfrom 29.8%
Average, 2016–2025
28.2%10 years
Record high and low
33.2% (2022)low 13.9% (1997)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202527.2
202429.8
202333.2
202233.2
202129.6
202030.6
201929.1
201822.6
201722.5
201624.0

Sources

  • Central Bank of West African States1962–2024
  • Mitchell1963–2010
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • AFRISTAT1990–2022
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2015–2023
  • World Development Indicators2015–2023

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Senegal 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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