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Taiwan: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2024 · 45 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
17.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−1.3 pointsfrom 19.0%
Average, 2015–2024
17.7%10 years
Record high and low
32.6% (1989)low 17.2% (2019)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203118.0Forecast
203018.0Forecast
202918.0Forecast
202818.0Forecast
202718.0Forecast
202618.0Forecast
202518.0Forecast
202417.7
202319.0
202217.9
202117.3
202018.1
201917.2
201817.3
201717.3
201617.5
201517.4

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Taiwan 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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