Botswana — Government consumption (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1960–2025 · 66 observations

About this series

Government final consumption expenditure is government spending on goods and services used to meet individual or collective needs, such as health, education, public order and defence. It is part of GDP and does not represent all government expenditure. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

In Botswana, the government consumption reading was 31.5% of GDP in 2025, compared with 32.3% of GDP in 2024. The period change was −0.83 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of 30.8% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2012–2025

PeriodValue
202531.5 % of GDP
202432.3 % of GDP
202329.5 % of GDP
202228.1 % of GDP
202131.7 % of GDP
9 earlier values, back to 2012
202036.4 % of GDP
201931.9 % of GDP
201829.3 % of GDP
201729 % of GDP
201628.6 % of GDP
201531.8 % of GDP
201429.4 % of GDP
201331.2 % of GDP
201232 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.