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Trinidad and Tobago: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1951–1989 · 39 observations · cgovexp_GDP

1989
31.9%percent of GDP
Change on 1988
−3.2 pointsfrom 35.1%
Average, 1980–1989
38.7%10 years
Record high and low
49.4% (1982)low 12.9% (1957)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
198931.9
198835.1
198737.0
198638.1
198542.5
198444.5
198346.9
198249.4
198130.8
198030.9

Sources

  • Mitchell1951–1989

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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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