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Government consumption (% of GDP) — all countries

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Bolivia

Government consumption (% of GDP) in Bolivia in 2024 — 16.5%. Ranked 90 in the world out of 169. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 7.9 pp.

2024 16.5% −0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank 90of 169
Period maximum 18.6%2020
Period minimum 8.6%1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · % of GDP

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Bolivia, 1960–20247.51012.51517.52019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 8.6%1962: 9.2%1964: 9.5%1966: 11.6%1968: 10.6%1970: 9.7%1972: 10.2%1974: 9.4%1976: 10.8%1978: 12.7%1980: 13.8%1982: 11.8%1984: 13.3%1986: 9.4%1988: 11.4%1990: 11.8%1992: 12.9%1994: 13.6%1996: 13.3%1998: 14.2%2000: 14.5%2002: 16%2004: 16.3%2006: 14.4%2008: 13.3%2010: 13.8%2012: 13.4%2014: 14.7%2016: 17.5%2018: 16.1%2020: 18.6%2022: 16.4%2024: 16.5%
Change over the period: +7.9 pp Annual average: 0.12 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bolivia

Bolivia 16.5%
World 16.7%
Latin America & Caribbean 15.8%
South America computed 16.8%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 11.4%
Government consumption (% of GDP) — Bolivia, by year Bolivia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 16.5 −0.3 pp
2023 16.9 +0.5 pp
2022 16.4 −0.6 pp
2021 17 −1.6 pp
2020 18.6 +2.5 pp
2019 16.1 +0 pp
2018 16.1 +0.9 pp
2017 15.2 −2.3 pp
2016 17.5 −0 pp
2015 17.5 +2.8 pp
2014 14.7 +0.9 pp
2013 13.8 +0.4 pp
2012 13.4 −0.3 pp
2011 13.8 −0.1 pp
2010 13.8 −0.9 pp
2009 14.7 +1.4 pp
2008 13.3 −0.8 pp
2007 14.1 −0.3 pp
2006 14.4 −1.6 pp
2005 16 −0.3 pp
2004 16.3 −0.3 pp
2003 16.5 +0.6 pp
2002 16 +0.2 pp
2001 15.7 +1.2 pp
2000 14.5 −0.3 pp
1999 14.8 +0.6 pp
1998 14.2 +0.3 pp
1997 13.9 +0.6 pp
1996 13.3 −0.2 pp
1995 13.6 +0 pp
1994 13.6 +0.2 pp
1993 13.4 +0.5 pp
1992 12.9 +0.8 pp
1991 12.1 +0.3 pp
1990 11.8 −0.2 pp
1989 11.9 +0.6 pp
1988 11.4 +0.3 pp
1987 11.1 +1.7 pp
1986 9.4 −1.1 pp
1985 10.6 −2.7 pp
1984 13.3 +4.3 pp
1983 9 −2.8 pp
1982 11.8 −1.5 pp
1981 13.3 −0.6 pp
1980 13.8 −1.2 pp
1979 15.1 +2.4 pp
1978 12.7 +1 pp
1977 11.7 +0.9 pp
1976 10.8 +0.4 pp
1975 10.5 +1.1 pp
1974 9.4 −0.5 pp
1973 9.9 −0.3 pp
1972 10.2 −0.2 pp
1971 10.3 +0.6 pp
1970 9.7 −0.7 pp
1969 10.4 −0.1 pp
1968 10.6 −0.3 pp
1967 10.9 −0.7 pp
1966 11.6 +0.1 pp
1965 11.5 +2 pp
1964 9.5 −0.1 pp
1963 9.6 +0.4 pp
1962 9.2 −0 pp
1961 9.2 +0.6 pp
1960 8.6 —

South America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

BR Brazil 18.8 UY Uruguay 17.4 BO Bolivia 16.5 CL Chile 15.1 AR Argentina 14.9 CO Colombia 14.8 EC Ecuador 13.4 PE Peru 13.4 PY Paraguay 11.7
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About the indicator

General government final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP: compensation of public employees, purchases of goods and services for delivering public services, and spending on defense and security. It leaves out public investment and social transfers, so the indicator is lower than the overall size of the budget.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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