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

Percent of GDP · 1988–2025 · 38 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
32.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.1 pointsfrom 32.2%
Average, 2016–2025
31.5%10 years
Record high and low
45.3% (1988)low 23.3% (2004)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203133.5Forecast
203033.4Forecast
202933.2Forecast
202833.5Forecast
202733.8Forecast
202634.7Forecast
202532.4
202432.2
202332.4
202228.3
202131.4
202035.1
201931.0
201830.2
201730.9
201631.2

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1988–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1988–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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