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Zambia: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
29.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+3.2 pointsfrom 26.5%
Average, 2016–2025
28.3%10 years
Record high and low
50.0% (1975)low 5.94% (1955)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203129.1Forecast
203028.2Forecast
202928.5Forecast
202829.1Forecast
202729.2Forecast
202629.6Forecast
202529.7
202426.5
202327.4
202228.2
202130.5
202034.0
201929.8
201827.7
201725.0
201623.9

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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