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Switzerland: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1871–2024 · 154 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2024
10.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.2 pointsfrom 10.7%
Average, 2015–2024
11.1%10 years
Record high and low
18.8% (1944)low 0.691% (1871)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202410.9
202310.7
202210.6
202112.5
202013.2
201910.4
201810.3
201710.7
201610.7
201510.6

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1871–2020
  • Mitchell1913–1993
  • GPIH government budgets1938–1975
  • World Development Indicators1972–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1990–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2024

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Switzerland 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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