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Serbia: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2000–2025 · 26 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
43.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.0 pointsfrom 42.2%
Average, 2016–2025
41.6%10 years
Record high and low
46.0% (2020)low 28.0% (2000)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203142.4Forecast
203042.5Forecast
202943.0Forecast
202843.1Forecast
202743.8Forecast
202643.7Forecast
202543.2
202442.2
202340.6
202241.4
202144.4
202046.0
201940.2
201839.0
201738.5
201640.3

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Serbia 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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