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Uruguay: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1955–2025 · 71 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
31.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.9 pointsfrom 30.6%
Average, 2016–2025
30.5%10 years
Record high and low
37.0% (1989)low 9.51% (1959)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203131.7Forecast
203031.8Forecast
202931.8Forecast
202831.9Forecast
202731.9Forecast
202631.8Forecast
202531.5
202430.6
202330.1
202229.7
202130.2
202032.8
201930.6
201830.3
201729.7
201629.7

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1955–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1999–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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