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 21.7% of GDP in 2025. Against 21.1% of GDP in 2024, the period change was +0.64 percentage points. It was below the selected 10-year average of 21.8% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2012–2025

PeriodValue
202521.7 % of GDP
202421.1 % of GDP
202322.1 % of GDP
202222.8 % of GDP
202127.1 % of GDP
9 earlier values, back to 2012
202026.2 % of GDP
201920.2 % of GDP
201818.5 % of GDP
201718.1 % of GDP
201620.2 % of GDP
201520.7 % of GDP
201420.2 % of GDP
201319.1 % of GDP
201218.9 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.