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Spain: Central government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1703–2025 · 319 observations · cgovrev_GDP

2025
20.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.7 pointsfrom 19.5%
Average, 2016–2025
18.4%10 years
Record high and low
20.5% (1989)low 1.21% (1814)

Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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0%5%10%15%20%25%175018001850190019502000SpainSpain
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202520.2
202419.5
202319.5
202220.2
202118.9
202017.2
201917.3
201817.6
201716.9
201617.1

Sources

  • Cox & Dincecco1703–1913
  • Andersson1850–2024
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • Mitchell1901–1987
  • World Development Indicators1972–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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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