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Switzerland: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1871–2025 · 155 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
33.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom 33.6%
Average, 2016–2025
34.0%10 years
Record high and low
38.2% (2020)low 0.691% (1871)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203133.8Forecast
203033.8Forecast
202933.9Forecast
202833.9Forecast
202733.9Forecast
202634.3Forecast
202533.5
202433.6
202333.4
202232.7
202135.8
202038.2
201933.2
201832.9
201733.6
201633.6

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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