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United Arab Emirates: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

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

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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