Zambia — Combined government expenditure (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1950–2030 · 81 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 Zambia, the combined government expenditure reading stood at 28% of GDP in 2025. Against 25.5% of GDP in 2024, the period change was +2.55 percentage points.

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Latest observations

2014–2030

PeriodValue
203025 % of GDP
202924.9 % of GDP
202825 % of GDP
202724.9 % of GDP
202626.7 % of GDP
12 earlier values, back to 2014
202528 % of GDP
202425.5 % of GDP
202327.4 % of GDP
202228.2 % of GDP
202130.5 % of GDP
202034 % of GDP
201929.8 % of GDP
201827.7 % of GDP
201725 % of GDP
201623.9 % of GDP
201527.6 % of GDP
201424.3 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.