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Zimbabwe: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2002–2025 · 24 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
15.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.3 pointsfrom 17.1%
Average, 2016–2025
20.2%10 years
Record high and low
32.5% (2018)low 4.45% (2008)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202515.8
202417.1
202321.0
202215.9
202122.9
202011.8
201910.8
201832.5
201729.7
201624.2

Sources

  • African Development Bank2002–2025
  • World Development Indicators2009–2018

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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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