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 22% of GDP in 2024. Against 21.3% of GDP in 2023, the period change was +0.65 percentage points. It was above the selected 10-year average of 17.5% of GDP.
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Latest observations
2014–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 22 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 21.3 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 20.1 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 20.2 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 19.7 % of GDP |
6 earlier values, back to 2014
| 2019 | 17.3 % of GDP |
| 2018 | 14.2 % of GDP |
| 2017 | 14.7 % of GDP |
| 2016 | 12.2 % of GDP |
| 2015 | 13.3 % of GDP |
| 2014 | 11.7 % of GDP |