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Soviet Union: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–1990 · 21 observations · gcons_GDP

1990
21.7%percent of GDP
Change on 1989
−0.1 pointsfrom 21.8%
Average, 1981–1990
21.0%10 years
Record high and low
21.9% (1988)low 15.9% (1970)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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15%16%17%18%19%20%21%22%19701975198019851990Soviet UnionSoviet Union
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
199021.7
198921.8
198821.9
198721.3
198621.2
198520.9
198420.4
198320.4
198220.2
198120.3

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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