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Zimbabwe: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2005–2025 · 21 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
15.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.8 pointsfrom 13.7%
Average, 2016–2025
14.4%10 years
Record high and low
21.1% (2017)low 2.57% (2008)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203117.9Forecast
203017.7Forecast
202917.5Forecast
202817.3Forecast
202717.0Forecast
202616.7Forecast
202515.5
202413.7
202321.1
202212.1
202112.4
20208.40
20197.70
201814.6
201721.1
201617.0

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook2005–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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