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Tanzania: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1955–2025 · 71 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
19.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.1 pointsfrom 18.7%
Average, 2016–2025
18.1%10 years
Record high and low
26.5% (1975)low 10.00% (1964)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202519.7
202418.7
202319.4
202219.1
202118.1
202017.2
201917.3
201816.5
201716.6
201618.4

Sources

  • Mitchell1955–2010
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • World Development Indicators2009–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2014

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Tanzania 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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