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Congo DR — Government consumption (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1950–2025 · 76 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.

For the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the government consumption reading stood at 15.9% of GDP in 2025. Against 17.4% of GDP in 2024, the period change was −1.52 percentage points. It was below the selected 10-year average of 16.6% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2010–2025

PeriodValue
202515.9 % of GDP
202417.4 % of GDP
202316.9 % of GDP
202217.2 % of GDP
202115.4 % of GDP
11 earlier values, back to 2010
202016.6 % of GDP
201918.2 % of GDP
201815.5 % of GDP
201715.1 % of GDP
201618 % of GDP
201517.3 % of GDP
201415.4 % of GDP
201314.2 % of GDP
201211.5 % of GDP
201111.5 % of GDP
20109.19 % of GDP
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.