Papua New Guinea — Central government expenditure (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1970–2023 · 47 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 Papua New Guinea, the central government expenditure reading was 20.3% of GDP in 2023, compared with 19.4% of GDP in 2022. The period change was +0.87 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of 19.5% of GDP.
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Latest observations
2014–2023
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 20.3 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 19.4 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 19.8 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 20.9 % of GDP |
| 2019 | 19.1 % of GDP |
5 earlier values, back to 2014
| 2018 | 18.3 % of GDP |
| 2017 | 16.6 % of GDP |
| 2016 | 18.4 % of GDP |
| 2015 | 20.2 % of GDP |
| 2014 | 21.8 % of GDP |