Venezuela — Government consumption (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1830–2024 · 195 observations
About this series
Government final consumption expenditure is government spending on goods and services used to meet individual or collective needs, such as health, education, public order and defence. It is part of GDP and does not represent all government expenditure. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
For Venezuela, the government consumption reading stood at 8.12% of GDP in 2024. Against 8.15% of GDP in 2023, the period change was −0.03 percentage points. It was below the selected 10-year average of 8.24% of GDP.
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Latest observations
2000–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.12 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 8.15 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 7.82 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 8.66 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 8.88 % of GDP |
15 earlier values
| 2019 | 3.95 % of GDP |
| 2018 | 8.81 % of GDP |
| 2017 | 9 % of GDP |
| 2016 | 9.29 % of GDP |
| 2015 | 9.69 % of GDP |
| 2014 | 14.6 % of GDP |
| 2013 | 12.4 % of GDP |
| 2012 | 12.2 % of GDP |
| 2011 | 11.5 % of GDP |
| 2010 | 11.2 % of GDP |
| 2009 | 13.7 % of GDP |
| 2008 | 11.9 % of GDP |
| 2007 | 12.5 % of GDP |
| 2006 | 11.7 % of GDP |
| 2005 | 11.1 % of GDP |
Values before 2005, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.