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Suriname: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

2023
28.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
+0.7 pointsfrom 28.2%
Average, 2014–2023
30.1%10 years
Record high and low
40.5% (2019)low 19.2% (2003)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203120.9Forecast
203019.5Forecast
202918.1Forecast
202823.2Forecast
202727.7Forecast
202630.2Forecast
202537.3Forecast
202429.3Forecast
202328.9
202228.2
202132.0
202030.2
201940.5
201829.5
201728.7
201627.9
201529.9
201425.2

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031

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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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