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Vanuatu: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

2024
33.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−5.8 pointsfrom 38.9%
Average, 2015–2024
35.4%10 years
Record high and low
38.9% (2023)low 16.5% (2005)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203130.7Forecast
203030.6Forecast
202930.9Forecast
202831.1Forecast
202731.5Forecast
202632.3Forecast
202535.5Forecast
202433.1
202338.9
202238.5
202138.6
202038.8
201935.1
201829.4
201732.7
201631.2
201538.1

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1991–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1991–2024
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2009–2023
  • Asian Development Bank2009–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Vanuatu 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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