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Syria: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1964–2010 · 43 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2010
9.80%percent of GDP
Change on 2009
−0.1 pointsfrom 9.95%
Average, 2001–2010
12.6%10 years
Record high and low
49.3% (1977)low 9.80% (2010)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20109.80
20099.95
200810.2
200710.8
200611.1
200512.7
200414.2
200315.7
200215.9
200116.0

Sources

  • Mitchell1964–2010

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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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