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Sweden: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2027 · gcons_GDP

2025
26.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 26.6%
Average, 2016–2025
26.3%10 years
Record high and low
27.6% (1981)low 4.19% (1857)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202726.3Forecast
202626.8Forecast
202526.4
202426.6
202326.4
202225.8
202126.1
202026.6
201925.9
201826.4
201726.3
201626.5

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Sweden 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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