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Syria: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2009 · 20 observations · forecasts to 2010 · gen_govexp_GDP

2009
26.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2008
+3.8 pointsfrom 22.9%
Average, 2000–2009
27.8%10 years
Record high and low
34.3% (1991)low 22.9% (2008)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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22%24%26%28%30%32%34%36%19901995200020052010SyriaSyria
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
201028.6Forecast
200926.7
200822.9
200725.7
200626.3
200528.2
200431.3
200332.6
200228.5
200128.0
200027.4

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2009
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2009–2010

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Syria 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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