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Spain: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1801–2025 · 202 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
22.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 22.4%
Average, 2016–2025
21.5%10 years
Record high and low
26.7% (2012)low 1.13% (1803)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202522.2
202422.4
202321.5
202223.2
202124.9
202024.8
201918.8
201819.0
201718.7
201619.6

Sources

  • Cox & Dincecco1801–1913
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Mitchell1901–1987
  • World Development Indicators1972–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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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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