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Thailand: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1946–2024 · 79 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2024
20.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.4 pointsfrom 20.1%
Average, 2015–2024
20.4%10 years
Record high and low
24.6% (2021)low 6.51% (1946)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202420.5
202320.1
202221.4
202124.6
202022.4
201918.3
201818.7
201718.9
201619.3
201519.1

Sources

  • Mitchell1946–2010
  • World Development Indicators1972–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2002–2024

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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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