Central government expense in Cabo Verde

Central government expense in Cabo Verde was equal to 30.9% of GDP in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2005 to 2020 Source: World Bank
Cabo Verde, 2020 30.9% % of GDP
Change from 2019 +7.0percentage points 2019: 23.9%
World, 2020 33.4% Official aggregate

Central government expense in Cabo Verde 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 Cabo VerdeWorld
2022 – 28.5%
2021 – 31.7%
2020 30.9% 33.4%
2019 23.9% 26.7%
2018 22.5% 26.1%
2017 18.7% 26.3%
2016 19.1% 26.6%
2015 19.3% 26.8%
2014 17.9% 26.8%
2013 17.0% 27.1%
2012 16.8% 27.4%
2011 17.8% 27.5%
2010 18.0% 28.4%
2009 18.1% 28.4%
2008 19.1% 25.9%
2007 20.6% 24.8%
2006 26.9% 24.9%
2005 27.7% 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 +7.0 percentage points from 23.9% in 2019.
  • Since 2010, when it was 18.0%, the figure has changed by +12.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2020 was 33.4%.

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
2005 to 2020 for Cabo Verde
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