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Senegal: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1994–2024 · 31 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
33.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−2.0 pointsfrom 35.5%
Average, 2015–2024
29.5%10 years
Record high and low
36.1% (2022)low 13.5% (1998)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203126.5Forecast
203026.4Forecast
202926.4Forecast
202827.1Forecast
202728.3Forecast
202629.1Forecast
202529.2Forecast
202433.5
202335.5
202236.1
202133.7
202029.6
201934.3
201822.6
201722.5
201624.0
201522.9

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1994–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1994–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2015–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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