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Somalia: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2013–2025 · 13 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
7.49%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.1 pointsfrom 7.36%
Average, 2016–2025
5.07%10 years
Record high and low
7.49% (2025)low 1.82% (2015)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20317.23Forecast
20307.21Forecast
20297.17Forecast
20286.97Forecast
20276.97Forecast
20267.77Forecast
20257.49
20247.36
20236.68
20227.05
20214.85
20205.47
20193.63
20183.40
20172.88
20161.85

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Somalia 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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