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Sierra Leone: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1963–2025 · 62 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
17.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.5 pointsfrom 17.9%
Average, 2016–2025
16.1%10 years
Record high and low
30.5% (1979)low 12.8% (2007)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202517.4
202417.9
202315.7
202219.5
202116.9
202015.8
201913.1
201813.5
201715.5
201615.7

Sources

  • Mitchell1963–2010
  • African Development Bank1980–2025

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Sierra Leone 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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