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Zimbabwe: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2002–2025 · 24 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
31.2% (2004)low 2.57% (2008)

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

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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