Central government expense in Marshall Islands

Central government expense in Marshall Islands was equal to 59.4% of GDP in 2020.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2008 to 2020 Source: World Bank
Marshall Islands, 2020 59.4% % of GDP
Change from 2019 −5.8percentage points 2019: 65.3%
World, 2020 33.4% Official aggregate

Central government expense in Marshall Islands 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 Marshall IslandsWorld
2022 – 28.5%
2021 – 31.7%
2020 59.4% 33.4%
2019 65.3% 26.7%
2018 61.7% 26.1%
2017 60.8% 26.3%
2016 56.4% 26.6%
2015 55.4% 26.8%
2014 49.2% 26.8%
2013 54.2% 27.1%
2012 53.4% 27.4%
2011 54.4% 27.5%
2010 54.4% 28.4%
2009 59.8% 28.4%
2008 62.0% 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 −5.8 percentage points from 65.3% in 2019.
  • Since 2010, when it was 54.4%, the figure has changed by +5.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2020 was 33.4%.

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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
2008 to 2020 for Marshall Islands
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