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Switzerland: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2026 · gcons_GDP

2025
11.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.1 pointsfrom 11.7%
Average, 2016–2025
11.6%10 years
Record high and low
12.1% (2020)low 6.56% (1960)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202611.6Forecast
202511.8
202411.7
202311.6
202211.3
202111.9
202012.1
201911.3
201811.3
201711.5
201611.5

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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