Central African Republic — 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 the Central African Republic, the government consumption reading was 20.2% of GDP in 2025, compared with 17.8% of GDP in 2024. The period change was +2.31 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of 16.1% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2012–2025

PeriodValue
202520.2 % of GDP
202417.8 % of GDP
202315.4 % of GDP
202215.4 % of GDP
202116.9 % of GDP
9 earlier values, back to 2012
202017.8 % of GDP
201914.8 % of GDP
201814.2 % of GDP
201714.1 % of GDP
201614.4 % of GDP
201514.8 % of GDP
201415.5 % of GDP
201317.4 % of GDP
201210.9 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.