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Portugal × Spain × European Union ×

% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2023
Period PortugalSpainEuropean Union
2023 37.2% 34.0% –
2022 39.3% 35.3% 39.3%
2021 42.5% 38.4% 41.1%
2020 44.5% 40.4% 42.2%
2019 38.7% 32.1% 36.4%
2018 39.3% 31.7% 36.6%
2017 41.7% 31.4% 37.0%
2016 41.3% 32.4% 37.4%
2015 44.0% 32.7% 37.8%
2014 47.6% 34.5% 38.6%
2013 45.6% 35.3% 39.1%
2012 44.4% 38.0% 39.1%
2011 44.5% 31.2% 38.1%
2010 44.1% 31.5% 39.6%
2009 43.3% 32.4% 39.4%
2008 40.2% 28.6% 36.2%
2007 39.2% 27.4% 35.4%
2006 40.0% 27.2% 35.9%
2005 41.3% 27.3% 36.5%
2004 40.4% 28.9% 36.7%
2003 39.7% – 38.2%
2002 38.4% – 37.9%
2001 38.1% – 37.7%
2000 37.2% – 37.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1972 to 2024
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics