Government expenditure (% of GDP) - Sierra Leone
Value & RankThe Government expenditure (% of GDP) of Sierra Leone is 10.1 (% of GDP) with a global rank of 155.
Sierra Leone compared to other CountriesThe Government expenditure (% of GDP) of Sierra Leone is similar to that of Puerto Rico, Guinea, Guatemala, Hungary, Singapore, Congo, Nepal, Togo, The Gambia, Trinidad and Tobago with a respective Government expenditure (% of GDP) of 10.6, 10.6, 10.5, 10.2, 10.2, 10.0, 9.9, 9.6, 9.5, 9.5 (% of GDP) and a global rank of 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160.Last 10 years averageSierra Leone had an average Government expenditure (% of GDP) of 10.8 (% of GDP) in the last 10 years from (2001 to 2011).
Sierra Leone during the Great RecessionSierra Leone's Government expenditure (% of GDP) had a positive growth of 4.23% during the Great RecessionSierra Leone since the end of the Great RecessionSierra Leone's Government expenditure (% of GDP) had a negative growth (decline) of 3.85% since the end of the Great RecessionSierra Leone during the Sierra Leone Civil WarSierra Leone's Government expenditure (% of GDP) had a positive growth of 80.6% during the Sierra Leone Civil WarSierra Leone since the end of the Sierra Leone Civil WarSierra Leone's Government expenditure (% of GDP) had a negative growth (decline) of 28.2% since the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War
Sierra Leone compared to other CountriesThe Government expenditure (% of GDP) of Sierra Leone is similar to that of Puerto Rico, Guinea, Guatemala, Hungary, Singapore, Congo, Nepal, Togo, The Gambia, Trinidad and Tobago with a respective Government expenditure (% of GDP) of 10.6, 10.6, 10.5, 10.2, 10.2, 10.0, 9.9, 9.6, 9.5, 9.5 (% of GDP) and a global rank of 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160.Last 10 years averageSierra Leone had an average Government expenditure (% of GDP) of 10.8 (% of GDP) in the last 10 years from (2001 to 2011).
Sierra Leone during the Great RecessionSierra Leone's Government expenditure (% of GDP) had a positive growth of 4.23% during the Great RecessionSierra Leone since the end of the Great RecessionSierra Leone's Government expenditure (% of GDP) had a negative growth (decline) of 3.85% since the end of the Great RecessionSierra Leone during the Sierra Leone Civil WarSierra Leone's Government expenditure (% of GDP) had a positive growth of 80.6% during the Sierra Leone Civil WarSierra Leone since the end of the Sierra Leone Civil WarSierra Leone's Government expenditure (% of GDP) had a negative growth (decline) of 28.2% since the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War
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1991 | 9.74 |
1992 | 8.50 |
1993 | 10.10 |
1994 | 10.70 |
1995 | 8.80 |
1996 | 10.87 |
1997 | 9.01 |
1998 | 8.93 |
1999 | 11.47 |
2000 | 14.33 |
2001 | 13.15 |
2002 | 14.09 |
2003 | 11.95 |
2004 | 10.49 |
2005 | 10.02 |
2006 | 10.09 |
2007 | 8.65 |
2008 | 9.65 |
2009 | 10.51 |
2010 | 10.40 |
2011 | 10.11 |
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Puerto Rico | 150 | 10.63 |
Guinea | 151 | 10.55 |
Guatemala | 152 | 10.48 |
Hungary | 153 | 10.22 |
Singapore | 154 | 10.19 |
Sierra Leone | 155 | 10.11 |
Congo | 156 | 9.99 |
Nepal | 157 | 9.94 |
Togo | 158 | 9.57 |
The Gambia | 159 | 9.54 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 160 | 9.51 |
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Datasource: Workbank - World Development Indicators