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Sierra Leone: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1963–2024 · 61 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
30.5% (1979)low 8.10% (2007)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent 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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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