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Tanzania: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1991–2023 · 33 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2023
19.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
−0.1 pointsfrom 19.1%
Average, 2014–2023
17.6%10 years
Record high and low
19.8% (2010)low 11.4% (1998)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203120.9Forecast
203021.0Forecast
202921.0Forecast
202820.9Forecast
202720.8Forecast
202620.6Forecast
202519.9Forecast
202419.1Forecast
202319.0
202219.1
202118.4
202017.4
201917.3
201817.3
201716.4
201616.9
201517.2
201417.3

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1991–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1991–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2014
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031

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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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