Commercial users: see the World Economic Database from our partners at Anansi Data Analytics

Senegal: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1962–2024 · 63 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Report error
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%1970198019902000201020202030SenegalSenegal
ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Senegal documentation (PDF)

More for Senegal

Real GDP per capita (USD)Nominal GDPReal GDPInflationUnemployment rateGovernment debt (% of GDP)All 74 series →

Government expenditure (% of GDP) elsewhere

United StatesChinaJapanGermanyUnited KingdomFrance

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 →

GMD release 2026_09 · License & terms