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Timor-Leste: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2001–2024 · 24 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2024
98.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+19.4 pointsfrom 78.6%
Average, 2015–2024
79.6%10 years
Record high and low
133.3% (2011)low 45.7% (2021)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203181.0Forecast
203083.0Forecast
202985.2Forecast
202887.5Forecast
202789.9Forecast
202693.0Forecast
202593.9Forecast
202498.0
202378.6
202259.9
202145.7
202061.7
201968.8
201885.5
201787.3
2016112.2
201598.1

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Timor-Leste 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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