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Sierra Leone: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2000–2024 · 25 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
17.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+2.1 pointsfrom 15.4%
Average, 2015–2024
15.2%10 years
Record high and low
17.6% (2024)low 8.10% (2007)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203112.9Forecast
203013.3Forecast
202913.6Forecast
202814.1Forecast
202714.0Forecast
202615.9Forecast
202516.5Forecast
202417.6
202315.4
202216.7
202116.8
202015.6
201913.3
201813.7
201715.0
201614.9
201513.1

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook2000–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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