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Tanzania: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1955–2023 · 69 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
26.5% (1975)low 10.00% (1964)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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