São Tomé and Príncipe — Combined government expenditure (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1970–2031 · 53 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.
For São Tomé and Príncipe, the combined government expenditure reading stood at 21.2% of GDP in 2025. Against 23.8% of GDP in 2024, the period change was −2.61 percentage points.
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Latest observations
2021–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | 18.9 % of GDP |
| 2030 | 18.8 % of GDP |
| 2029 | 19 % of GDP |
| 2028 | 19.2 % of GDP |
| 2027 | 19.7 % of GDP |
6 earlier values, back to 2021
| 2026 | 20.6 % of GDP |
| 2025 | 21.2 % of GDP |
| 2024 | 23.8 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 23.9 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 27.7 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 25.6 % of GDP |