Papua New Guinea — Central government expenditure (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1970–2010 · 37 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 37.6% of GDP in 2010, compared with 44.3% of GDP in 2009. The period change was −6.64 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of 31.3% of GDP.
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Latest observations
2001–2010
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 37.6 % of GDP |
| 2009 | 44.3 % of GDP |
| 2008 | 36.8 % of GDP |
| 2007 | 32.2 % of GDP |
| 2006 | 33.6 % of GDP |
5 earlier values, back to 2001
| 2005 | 29.6 % of GDP |
| 2004 | 25.8 % of GDP |
| 2003 | 25.6 % of GDP |
| 2002 | 21.9 % of GDP |
| 2001 | 25.3 % of GDP |