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Vanuatu — Government consumption (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1970–2024 · 55 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 Vanuatu, the government consumption reading stood at 26.1% of GDP in 2024. Against 25.3% of GDP in 2023, the period change was +0.77 percentage points. It was above the selected 10-year average of 20.8% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2014–2024

PeriodValue
202426.1 % of GDP
202325.3 % of GDP
202223.9 % of GDP
202124 % of GDP
202023.4 % of GDP
6 earlier values, back to 2014
201920.6 % of GDP
201816.9 % of GDP
201717.4 % of GDP
201614.5 % of GDP
201515.8 % of GDP
201413.9 % of GDP
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.