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Spain: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1801–2025 · 202 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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 1.13% (1803)

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

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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