Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — Central America

Government consumption in US dollars in Central America in 2025 — 259,205,814,777 US$. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 26,279.9%.

2025 259B US$ −1.89% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 264B US$2024
Period minimum 983M US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — Central America, 1960–20250100B200B300B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 982,589,827 US$1962: 1,213,809,638 US$1964: 1,602,855,748 US$1966: 2,071,862,868 US$1968: 2,584,208,425 US$1970: 3,328,942,931 US$1972: 4,827,621,657 US$1974: 7,818,814,050 US$1976: 11,576,396,078 US$1978: 13,718,173,650 US$1980: 23,207,760,723 US$1982: 21,925,917,950 US$1984: 20,965,496,355 US$1986: 16,601,755,180 US$1988: 20,098,580,612 US$1990: 26,140,721,907 US$1992: 40,556,366,747 US$1994: 54,663,972,181 US$1996: 38,654,151,185 US$1998: 51,438,632,822 US$2000: 75,197,620,243 US$2002: 89,769,567,257 US$2004: 92,867,212,704 US$2006: 114,115,834,864 US$2008: 136,361,053,101 US$2010: 146,174,177,388 US$2012: 169,280,985,620 US$2014: 189,366,948,284 US$2016: 161,076,787,780 US$2018: 176,872,643,249 US$2020: 175,945,638,573 US$2022: 207,626,028,197 US$2024: 264,188,723,446 US$2025: 259,205,814,777 US$
Change over the period: +258B (+26,279.86%) Average annual rate: 8.96 %
Government consumption in US dollars — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 259B −4.98B −1.89%
2024 264B +14B +5.6%
2023 250B +42.56B +20.5%
2022 208B +15.14B +7.87%
2021 192B +16.54B +9.4%
2020 176B −6.18B −3.39%
2019 182B +5.25B +2.97%
2018 177B +9.27B +5.53%
2017 168B +6.52B +4.05%
2016 161B −14.32B −8.17%
2015 175B −13.97B −7.37%
2014 189B +5.83B +3.18%
2013 184B +14.26B +8.42%
2012 169B +6.2B +3.8%
2011 163B +16.91B +11.57%
2010 146B +19.82B +15.69%
2009 126B −10.01B −7.34%
2008 136B +11.87B +9.53%
2007 124B +10.38B +9.09%
2006 114B +9.93B +9.53%
2005 104B +11.32B +12.18%
2004 92.87B +2.17B +2.39%
2003 90.7B +928M +1.03%
2002 89.77B +5.89B +7.02%
2001 83.88B +8.68B +11.55%
2000 75.2B +13.02B +20.94%
1999 62.18B +10.74B +20.88%
1998 51.44B +4.53B +9.66%
1997 46.91B +8.25B +21.35%
1996 38.65B +2.64B +7.35%
1995 36.01B −18.65B −34.13%
1994 54.66B +4.48B +8.92%
1993 50.19B +9.63B +23.75%
1992 40.56B +8.05B +24.76%
1991 32.51B +6.37B +24.36%
1990 26.14B +3.55B +15.74%
1989 22.59B +2.49B +12.38%
1988 20.1B +2.43B +13.74%
1987 17.67B +1.07B +6.44%
1986 16.6B −5.12B −23.58%
1985 21.72B +759M +3.62%
1984 20.97B +3.67B +21.2%
1983 17.3B −4.63B −21.11%
1982 21.93B −8.52B −27.97%
1981 30.44B +7.23B +31.17%
1980 23.21B +5.61B +31.87%
1979 17.6B +3.88B +28.29%
1978 13.72B +2.81B +25.72%
1977 10.91B −664M −5.74%
1976 11.58B +1.01B +9.59%
1975 10.56B +2.74B +35.11%
1974 7.82B +1.72B +28.25%
1973 6.1B +1.27B +26.28%
1972 4.83B +1.04B +27.33%
1971 3.79B +462M +13.89%
1970 3.33B +451M +15.65%
1969 2.88B +294M +11.38%
1968 2.58B +295M +12.88%
1967 2.29B +217M +10.49%
1966 2.07B +256M +14.08%
1965 1.82B +213M +13.31%
1964 1.6B +198M +14.09%
1963 1.4B +191M +15.74%
1962 1.21B +142M +13.3%
1961 1.07B +88.76M +9.03%
1960 983M

About the indicator

Government final consumption expenditure in current US dollars: compensation of employees in the public sector, purchases of goods and services for the current work of the state, and spending on defense and security. This is not the whole budget: pensions, benefits and other transfers are left out because they are recorded as household income, while public investment is recorded as capital formation. The quantity therefore comes to roughly two thirds of total budget expense, not all of it.

Important: Not to be confused with budget expense: transfers and capital outlays are not counted here. This same indicator serves as the weight when aggregating military spending as a share of government spending.

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