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Singapore: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1963–2024 · 62 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2024
16.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−1.3 pointsfrom 17.3%
Average, 2015–2024
16.4%10 years
Record high and low
27.0% (1987)low 10.9% (1994)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202416.0
202317.3
202214.8
202116.3
202025.7
201914.2
201814.7
201714.3
201614.4
201515.9

Sources

  • Mitchell1963–2010
  • World Development Indicators1972–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1972–2024

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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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