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Uruguay: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · gcons_GDP

2025
17.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.2 pointsfrom 17.2%
Average, 2016–2025
16.9%10 years
Record high and low
18.1% (2020)low 5.55% (1950)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202517.4
202417.2
202317.0
202216.4
202116.8
202018.1
201917.3
201816.9
201716.5
201615.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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