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El Salvador — General government expenditure (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1970–2031 · 43 observations

About this series

General 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 El Salvador, the general government expenditure reading was 30.2% of GDP in 2025, compared with 31.4% of GDP in 2024. The period change was −1.13 percentage points.

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Latest observations

2022–2031

PeriodValue
203129.2 % of GDP
203029.5 % of GDP
202929.7 % of GDP
202829.9 % of GDP
202729.6 % of GDP
5 earlier values, back to 2022
202629.6 % of GDP
202530.2 % of GDP
202431.4 % of GDP
202330.5 % of GDP
202228.7 % of GDP
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.