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Singapore: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1963–2025 · 63 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
15.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.2 pointsfrom 14.3%
Average, 2016–2025
15.5%10 years
Record high and low
24.3% (1987)low 9.01% (2007)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203117.7Forecast
203017.7Forecast
202917.4Forecast
202817.0Forecast
202716.5Forecast
202616.1Forecast
202515.5
202414.3
202314.6
202214.9
202115.4
202024.0
201914.0
201813.9
201713.6
201615.2

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Singapore 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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