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Suriname: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Suriname 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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