Congo DR — Combined government expenditure (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1950–2030 · 74 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.

For the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the combined government expenditure reading stood at 16.8% of GDP in 2025. Against 16.7% of GDP in 2024, the period change was +0.04 percentage points. It was above the selected 10-year average of 14.5% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2016–2030

PeriodValue
203016.5 % of GDP
202917 % of GDP
202816.8 % of GDP
202716.6 % of GDP
202616.2 % of GDP
10 earlier values, back to 2016
202516.8 % of GDP
202416.7 % of GDP
202316.5 % of GDP
202218.3 % of GDP
202113.8 % of GDP
202012.1 % of GDP
201914 % of GDP
201811.9 % of GDP
201710.7 % of GDP
201614.3 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.