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Spain: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1850–2025 · 172 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
45.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom 45.5%
Average, 2016–2025
45.0%10 years
Record high and low
51.4% (2020)low 8.08% (1873)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203145.2Forecast
203045.1Forecast
202944.9Forecast
202844.6Forecast
202745.0Forecast
202645.1Forecast
202545.3
202445.5
202345.4
202246.3
202149.5
202051.4
201942.0
201841.5
201741.0
201642.1

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1850–2023
  • OECD Economic Outlook1964–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1980–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • AMECO (European Commission)1995–2025
  • Eurostat1995–2025
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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