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Zambia: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
27.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.2 pointsfrom 26.5%
Average, 2016–2025
28.4%10 years
Record high and low
50.0% (1975)low 5.94% (1955)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202527.7
202426.5
202327.4
202228.2
202130.5
202034.0
201929.8
201827.7
201724.5
201627.2

Sources

  • Mitchell1950–1999
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • World Development Indicators1998–2021

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Zambia 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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