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Spain: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1801–2025 · 202 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
44.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom 44.9%
Average, 2016–2025
44.9%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
203144.3Forecast
203044.2Forecast
202944.0Forecast
202843.7Forecast
202744.1Forecast
202644.3Forecast
202544.8
202444.9
202345.4
202246.4
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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