Government expenditure (% of GDP) - Portugal

Value & RankThe Government expenditure (% of GDP) of Portugal is 19.0 (% of GDP) with a global rank of 55.
Portugal compared to other CountriesThe Government expenditure (% of GDP) of Portugal is similar to that of Estonia, New Zealand, Germany, Ukraine, Morocco, Zambia, Tonga, Lithuania, Austria, Macedonia with a respective Government expenditure (% of GDP) of 19.5, 19.5, 19.4, 19.4, 19.2, 18.9, 18.9, 18.8, 18.8, 18.7 (% of GDP) and a global rank of 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60.Last 10 years averagePortugal had an average Government expenditure (% of GDP) of 20.2 (% of GDP) in the last 10 years from (2003 to 2013).
Portugal during the Great RecessionPortugal's Government expenditure (% of GDP) had a positive growth of 7.54% during the Great RecessionPortugal since the end of the Great RecessionPortugal's Government expenditure (% of GDP) had a negative growth (decline) of 14.0% since the end of the Great Recession

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Datasource: Workbank - World Development Indicators