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Zimbabwe: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1954–2024 · 70 observations · gcons_GDP

2024
12.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.2 pointsfrom 12.0%
Average, 2015–2024
10.8%10 years
Record high and low
24.4% (1988)low 2.17% (2007)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202412.1
202312.0
202211.2
202110.2
20205.96
20194.80
20189.63
201718.9
201610.7
201512.2

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Zimbabwe 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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