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Government consumption (% of GDP) — Madagascar

Government consumption (% of GDP) in Madagascar in 2025 — 14.6%. Ranked 82 in the world out of 132. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 0.3 pp.

2025 14.6% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 82of 132
Period maximum 22.9%1980
Period minimum 10.5%1996

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Madagascar, 1960–20251015202519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 14.3%1962: 17.2%1964: 16.1%1966: 15.5%1968: 15.8%1970: 13.1%1972: 13.7%1974: 11.2%1976: 11.2%1978: 11.9%1980: 22.9%1982: 15%1984: 15.4%1986: 13.2%1988: 11.9%1990: 10.9%1992: 13.4%1994: 11.6%1996: 10.5%1998: 17%2000: 17.3%2002: 14.9%2004: 18.8%2006: 16.9%2008: 14.1%2010: 13.1%2012: 15%2014: 15.8%2016: 14.8%2018: 13.6%2020: 18.7%2022: 16.5%2024: 14.8%2025: 14.6%
Change over the period: +0.3 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Madagascar 14.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 17%
Eastern Africa computed 10.7%
Low-income countries computed 12.3%
Government consumption (% of GDP) — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 14.6 −0.2 pp
2024 14.8 −0.7 pp
2023 15.5 −1 pp
2022 16.5 −1 pp
2021 17.5 −1.3 pp
2020 18.7 +3.6 pp
2019 15.1 +1.5 pp
2018 13.6 −2.5 pp
2017 16.1 +1.4 pp
2016 14.8 −0.4 pp
2015 15.1 −0.7 pp
2014 15.8 +0.2 pp
2013 15.6 +0.6 pp
2012 15 +0.9 pp
2011 14.1 +1 pp
2010 13.1 +0.6 pp
2009 12.5 −1.6 pp
2008 14.1 −5 pp
2007 19 +2.2 pp
2006 16.9 +0.8 pp
2005 16.1 −2.6 pp
2004 18.8 +1.1 pp
2003 17.7 +2.8 pp
2002 14.9 −2 pp
2001 16.9 −0.4 pp
2000 17.3 +0.3 pp
1999 17 −0 pp
1998 17 +2.5 pp
1997 14.5 +4 pp
1996 10.5 −0.9 pp
1995 11.4 −0.2 pp
1994 11.6 −0.4 pp
1993 12 −1.4 pp
1992 13.4 +1.8 pp
1991 11.6 +0.7 pp
1990 10.9 −1.2 pp
1989 12.1 +0.2 pp
1988 11.9 −2.9 pp
1987 14.8 +1.6 pp
1986 13.2 −1.4 pp
1985 14.6 −0.8 pp
1984 15.4 +3 pp
1983 12.4 −2.6 pp
1982 15 −4.4 pp
1981 19.4 −3.4 pp
1980 22.9 +10.6 pp
1979 12.3 +0.4 pp
1978 11.9 +0.9 pp
1977 11 −0.2 pp
1976 11.2 +0.4 pp
1975 10.8 −0.4 pp
1974 11.2 −1 pp
1973 12.2 −1.4 pp
1972 13.7 −1.2 pp
1971 14.8 +1.7 pp
1970 13.1 −2.3 pp
1969 15.5 −0.3 pp
1968 15.8 +0.4 pp
1967 15.4 −0.1 pp
1966 15.5 −0.5 pp
1965 16 −0.1 pp
1964 16.1 −0.4 pp
1963 16.5 −0.7 pp
1962 17.2 +1.8 pp
1961 15.4 +1.1 pp
1960 14.3 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

SC Seychelles 25.1 BI Burundi 20.6 MZ Mozambique 19.2 MW Malawi 18.2 RW Rwanda 15.1 DJ Djibouti 15 MG Madagascar 14.6 MU Mauritius 14.2 UG Uganda 11.7 KE Kenya 11.2 TZ Tanzania 9.8 KM Comoros 9 SO Somalia 8.1 ET Ethiopia 5.8
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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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