Central government expense in Kazakhstan

Central government expense in Kazakhstan was equal to 17.4% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest since 2017.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1997 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Kazakhstan, 2023 17.4% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +1.3percentage points 2022: 16.2%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate Not the same period as Kazakhstan (2023).

Central government expense in Kazakhstan 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 KazakhstanWorld
2023 17.4% –
2022 16.2% 28.5%
2021 17.1% 31.7%
2020 16.8% 33.4%
2019 16.1% 26.7%
2018 14.7% 26.1%
2017 19.0% 26.3%
2016 16.3% 26.6%
2015 15.5% 26.8%
2014 15.3% 26.8%
2013 14.6% 27.1%
2012 15.8% 27.4%
2011 15.2% 27.5%
2010 16.5% 28.4%
2009 – 28.4%
2008 – 25.9%
2007 – 24.8%
2006 – 24.9%
2005 – 25.1%
2004 14.1% 24.8%
2003 13.9% 25.2%
2002 12.7% 24.9%
2001 13.6% 24.7%
2000 13.7% 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.3 percentage points from 16.2% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 14.6%, the figure has changed by +2.8 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
1997 to 2023 for Kazakhstan
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