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Cabo Verde — 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.

For Cabo Verde, the government consumption reading stood at 21.3% of GDP in 2025. Against 20.7% of GDP in 2024, the period change was +0.62 percentage points. It was below the selected 10-year average of 21.4% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2012–2025

PeriodValue
202521.3 % of GDP
202420.7 % of GDP
202321.7 % of GDP
202222.4 % of GDP
202126.6 % of GDP
9 earlier values, back to 2012
202025.7 % of GDP
201919.8 % of GDP
201818.1 % of GDP
201717.8 % of GDP
201619.8 % of GDP
201520.3 % of GDP
201419.8 % of GDP
201318.8 % of GDP
201218.5 % of GDP
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.