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Spain: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1850–2025 · 176 observations · forecasts to 2027 · gcons_GDP

2025
19.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom 19.5%
Average, 2016–2025
19.6%10 years
Record high and low
21.7% (2020)low 5.59% (1855)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202719.4Forecast
202619.4Forecast
202519.4
202419.5
202319.6
202220.1
202121.0
202021.7
201918.7
201818.5
201718.4
201618.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Spain 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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