Zambia — Combined government expenditure (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1950–2031 · 82 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 29.7% of GDP in 2025. Against 26.5% of GDP in 2024, the period change was +3.21 percentage points. It was above the selected 10-year average of 28.3% of GDP.
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Latest observations
2015–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | 29.1 % of GDP |
| 2030 | 28.2 % of GDP |
| 2029 | 28.5 % of GDP |
| 2028 | 29.1 % of GDP |
| 2027 | 29.2 % of GDP |
12 earlier values, back to 2015
| 2026 | 29.6 % of GDP |
| 2025 | 29.7 % of GDP |
| 2024 | 26.5 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 27.4 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 28.2 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 30.5 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 34 % of GDP |
| 2019 | 29.8 % of GDP |
| 2018 | 27.7 % of GDP |
| 2017 | 25 % of GDP |
| 2016 | 23.9 % of GDP |
| 2015 | 27.6 % of GDP |