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Trinidad and Tobago: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1951–2025 · 75 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
49.4% (1982)low 12.9% (1957)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Trinidad and Tobago 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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