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Uruguay: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

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

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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