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Switzerland: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

2025
34.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.7 pointsfrom 33.6%
Average, 2016–2025
34.1%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
203134.4Forecast
203034.5Forecast
202934.5Forecast
202834.6Forecast
202734.8Forecast
202634.8Forecast
202534.3
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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