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United Arab Emirates: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1991–2024 · 34 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
21.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−1.3 pointsfrom 22.7%
Average, 2015–2024
26.2%10 years
Record high and low
36.0% (1991)low 15.6% (2006)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203124.4Forecast
203024.1Forecast
202923.9Forecast
202823.4Forecast
202722.9Forecast
202622.5Forecast
202522.6Forecast
202421.4
202322.7
202222.7
202125.9
202030.5
201927.4
201825.9
201727.2
201631.7
201526.4

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1991–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1991–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2011–2024
  • Arab Monetary Fund2013–2021
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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