Central government expense in Chile

Central government expense in Chile was equal to 24.6% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1972 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Chile, 2023 24.6% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +0.4percentage points 2022: 24.1%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate Not the same period as Chile (2023).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023 34.4% Middle value of 28 countries

Central government expense in Chile 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 2023
Period ChileWorld
2023 24.6% –
2022 24.1% 28.5%
2021 30.8% 31.7%
2020 26.2% 33.4%
2019 23.3% 26.7%
2018 22.6% 26.1%
2017 22.3% 26.3%
2016 22.1% 26.6%
2015 21.6% 26.8%
2014 20.7% 26.8%
2013 20.2% 27.1%
2012 19.9% 27.4%
2011 19.5% 27.5%
2010 20.2% 28.4%
2009 21.3% 28.4%
2008 18.4% 25.9%
2007 16.0% 24.8%
2006 15.9% 24.9%
2005 17.2% 25.1%
2004 18.2% 24.8%
2003 19.3% 25.2%
2002 20.1% 24.9%
2001 20.1% 24.7%
2000 20.1% 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 24.1% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 20.2%, the figure has changed by +4.4 percentage points.

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 2023 for Chile
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