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Zambia: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1955–2024 · 70 observations · gcons_GDP

2024
12.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.6 pointsfrom 13.3%
Average, 2015–2024
14.2%10 years
Record high and low
36.3% (1975)low 5.22% (2000)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202412.7
202313.3
202214.5
202111.5
202014.7
201917.7
201812.7
201713.7
201616.1
201514.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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