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United Arab Emirates: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · gcons_GDP

2024
11.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.1 pointsfrom 11.2%
Average, 2015–2024
11.1%10 years
Record high and low
14.9% (2020)low 4.93% (1975)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202411.4
202311.2
202211.6
202114.4
202014.9
201912.6
20188.99
20179.76
20168.33
20158.36

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

United Arab Emirates 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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