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Soviet Union: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1928–1955 · 13 observations · cgovexp_GDP

1955
54.8%percent of GDP
Record high and low
65.4% (1931)low 34.7% (1928)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
195554.8
195358.3
195250.3
195046.6
194042.0
193843.7
193440.0
193339.5
193247.4
193165.4

Sources

  • Mitchell1928–1955

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Soviet Union 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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