Ecuador — Combined government expenditure (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1970–2025 · 32 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.
In Ecuador, the combined government expenditure reading was 38.4% of GDP in 2025, compared with 38.3% of GDP in 2024. The period change was +0.05 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of 39.8% of GDP.
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Latest observations
2016–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 38.4 % of GDP |
| 2024 | 38.3 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 39.6 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 38.9 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 37.5 % of GDP |
5 earlier values, back to 2016
| 2020 | 40.2 % of GDP |
| 2019 | 39.8 % of GDP |
| 2018 | 40.9 % of GDP |
| 2017 | 40.5 % of GDP |
| 2016 | 44.1 % of GDP |