Kuwait — Central government expenditure (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1964–2023 · 56 observations
About this series
Central government expenditure records government expense plus net investment in nonfinancial assets within the source series' coverage. It is a flow over the period. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
In Kuwait, the central government expenditure reading was 41.3% of GDP in 2023, compared with 34.8% of GDP in 2022. The period change was +6.47 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of 41% of GDP.
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Latest observations
2010–2023
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 41.3 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 34.8 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 43.5 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 55.7 % of GDP |
| 2018 | 39.4 % of GDP |
7 earlier values, back to 2010
| 2017 | 41.7 % of GDP |
| 2015 | 40.5 % of GDP |
| 2014 | 31.3 % of GDP |
| 2013 | 25.9 % of GDP |
| 2012 | 27.1 % of GDP |
| 2011 | 31.4 % of GDP |
| 2010 | 33.9 % of GDP |