Central government expense in Ecuador

Central government expense in Ecuador was equal to 30.4% of GDP in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2013.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2013 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Ecuador, 2022 30.4% % of GDP
Change from 2021 −1.5percentage points 2021: 31.9%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate

Central government expense in Ecuador 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 EcuadorWorld
2022 30.4% 28.5%
2021 31.9% 31.7%
2020 34.0% 33.4%
2019 33.1% 26.7%
2018 33.7% 26.1%
2017 31.5% 26.3%
2016 35.1% 26.6%
2015 34.1% 26.8%
2014 33.3% 26.8%
2013 33.5% 27.1%
2012 – 27.4%
2011 – 27.5%
2010 – 28.4%
2009 – 28.4%
2008 – 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 −1.5 percentage points from 31.9% in 2021.
  • Since 2013, when it was 33.5%, the figure has changed by −3.1 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
2013 to 2022 for Ecuador
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