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Thailand: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1946–2025 · 80 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
22.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.2 pointsfrom 22.6%
Average, 2016–2025
22.9%10 years
Record high and low
26.8% (2021)low 6.51% (1946)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203123.2Forecast
203023.2Forecast
202923.2Forecast
202823.0Forecast
202722.9Forecast
202623.1Forecast
202522.8
202422.6
202322.7
202224.7
202126.8
202024.9
201920.6
201821.2
201721.6
201621.4

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Thailand 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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