Afghanistan — Combined government expenditure (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1970–2024 · 24 observations
About this series
Combined government expenditure records government expense plus net investment in nonfinancial assets within the source series' coverage. It is a flow over the period. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
In Afghanistan, the combined government expenditure reading was 19.4% of GDP in 2024, compared with 17% of GDP in 2023. The period change was +2.42 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of 23.7% of GDP.
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Latest observations
2015–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 19.4 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 17 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 16.1 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 17.9 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 27.9 % of GDP |
5 earlier values, back to 2015
| 2019 | 28 % of GDP |
| 2018 | 28.9 % of GDP |
| 2017 | 27.7 % of GDP |
| 2016 | 28 % of GDP |
| 2015 | 25.9 % of GDP |