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Venezuela: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2014 · 61 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2014
36.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2013
+4.7 pointsfrom 31.8%
Average, 2005–2014
28.5%10 years
Record high and low
36.5% (2014)low 13.6% (1961)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
201436.5
201331.8
201229.2
201126.2
201021.7
200926.7
200827.2
200727.9
200630.6
200526.7

Sources

  • Mitchell1950–1992
  • ECLAC1997–2014

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Venezuela 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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