Central government expense in Guinea-Bissau

Central government expense in Guinea-Bissau was equal to 15.5% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2017.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2017 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Guinea-Bissau, 2023 15.5% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +1.1percentage points 2022: 14.4%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate Not the same period as Guinea-Bissau (2023).

Central government expense in Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-BissauWorld
2023 15.5% –
2022 14.4% 28.5%
2021 14.2% 31.7%
2020 15.1% 33.4%
2019 13.2% 26.7%
2018 12.8% 26.1%
2017 13.2% 26.3%
2016 – 26.6%
2015 – 26.8%
2014 – 26.8%
2013 – 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 +1.1 percentage points from 14.4% in 2022.
  • Since 2017, when it was 13.2%, the figure has changed by +2.4 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
2017 to 2023 for Guinea-Bissau
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