Central government expense in Azerbaijan

Central government expense in Azerbaijan was equal to 23.0% of GDP in 2022.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1994 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Azerbaijan, 2022 23.0% % of GDP
Change from 2021 −4.1percentage points 2021: 27.1%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate

Central government expense in Azerbaijan over time

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% 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 2022
Period AzerbaijanWorld
2022 23.0% 28.5%
2021 27.1% 31.7%
2020 33.9% 33.4%
2019 24.3% 26.7%
2018 21.4% 26.1%
2017 28.0% 26.3%
2016 27.2% 26.6%
2015 24.8% 26.8%
2014 22.1% 26.8%
2013 20.9% 27.1%
2012 22.2% 27.4%
2011 18.5% 27.5%
2010 20.9% 28.4%
2009 23.1% 28.4%
2008 18.5% 25.9%
2007 – 24.8%
2006 – 24.9%
2005 – 25.1%
2004 – 24.8%
2003 – 25.2%
2002 – 24.9%
2001 – 24.7%
2000 – 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −4.1 percentage points from 27.1% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 22.2%, the figure has changed by +0.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 28.5%.

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
1994 to 2022 for Azerbaijan
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