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Yemen: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2023 · 34 observations · gen_govexp_GDP

2023
14.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
−0.1 pointsfrom 14.2%
Average, 2014–2023
24.1%10 years
Record high and low
43.9% (2008)low 9.73% (2021)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202314.1
202214.2
20219.73
202031.9
201929.0
201828.2
201712.1
201633.0
201532.9
201435.3

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2002–2012
  • Arab Monetary Fund2013–2021

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Yemen 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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