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Tonga: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1999–2024 · 26 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2024
44.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+2.9 pointsfrom 41.5%
Average, 2015–2024
40.1%10 years
Record high and low
44.5% (2021)low 18.8% (1999)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203143.8Forecast
203044.3Forecast
202944.6Forecast
202844.9Forecast
202745.0Forecast
202646.3Forecast
202546.8Forecast
202444.3
202341.5
202241.3
202144.5
202037.1
201939.0
201839.3
201739.7
201637.2
201537.4

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Tonga 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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