Central government expense in Dominican Republic

Central government expense in Dominican Republic was equal to 18.1% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1972 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Dominican Republic, 2023 18.1% % of GDP
Change from 2022 0percentage points 2022: 18.1%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate Not the same period as Dominican Republic (2023).

Central government expense in Dominican Republic 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 Dominican RepublicWorld
2023 18.1% –
2022 18.1% 28.5%
2021 17.4% 31.7%
2020 21.4% 33.4%
2019 17.5% 26.7%
2018 16.0% 26.1%
2017 16.8% 26.3%
2016 16.4% 26.6%
2015 15.4% 26.8%
2014 15.7% 26.8%
2013 15.5% 27.1%
2012 15.9% 27.4%
2011 14.0% 27.5%
2010 14.2% 28.4%
2009 15.1% 28.4%
2008 15.4% 25.9%
2007 13.6% 24.8%
2006 13.8% 24.9%
2005 13.6% 25.1%
2004 13.3% 24.8%
2003 10.7% 25.2%
2002 12.4% 24.9%
2001 12.2% 24.7%
2000 11.0% 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 18.1% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 15.5%, the figure has changed by +2.6 percentage points.

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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 Dominican Republic
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