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Uruguay: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1956–2024 · 69 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2024
22.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.7 pointsfrom 21.7%
Average, 2015–2024
22.4%10 years
Record high and low
25.7% (1989)low 7.77% (1959)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202422.4
202321.7
202221.7
202122.4
202025.0
201922.2
201822.0
201721.4
201625.6
201519.9

Sources

  • Mitchell1956–1992
  • World Development Indicators1972–2023
  • ECLAC1990–2018
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2001–2024

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Uruguay 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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