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South Sudan: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2011–2024 · 14 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
18.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−2.3 pointsfrom 21.3%
Average, 2015–2024
38.3%10 years
Record high and low
59.2% (2018)low 18.9% (2024)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203126.6Forecast
203026.6Forecast
202926.6Forecast
202826.9Forecast
202726.8Forecast
202626.8Forecast
202518.4Forecast
202418.9
202321.3
202229.5
202144.1
202034.1
201947.9
201859.2
201742.2
201652.0
201533.7

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook2011–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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South Sudan 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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