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Sudan: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2023 · 34 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2023
4.61%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
−5.0 pointsfrom 9.57%
Average, 2014–2023
8.86%10 years
Record high and low
48.2% (1992)low 4.39% (2021)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20318.13Forecast
20308.20Forecast
20298.11Forecast
20287.78Forecast
20277.79Forecast
20265.08Forecast
20253.53Forecast
20243.68Forecast
20234.61
20229.57
20214.39
20204.83
20199.32
201813.2
201710.3
201610.2
201510.8
201411.2

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2021
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • Arab Monetary Fund2013–2019
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2021–2031

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Sudan 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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