Central government expense in Mongolia

Central government expense in Mongolia was equal to 31.7% of GDP in 2021.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1992 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Mongolia, 2021 31.7% % of GDP
Change from 2020 −1.5percentage points 2020: 33.2%
World, 2021 31.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 51st of 125 See the full ranking

Central government expense in Mongolia 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 MongoliaWorld
2022 – 28.5%
2021 31.7% 31.7%
2020 33.2% 33.4%
2019 25.6% 26.7%
2018 22.5% 26.1%
2017 23.7% 26.3%
2016 27.4% 26.6%
2015 24.3% 26.8%
2014 23.7% 26.8%
2013 23.7% 27.1%
2012 27.1% 27.4%
2011 24.4% 27.5%
2010 22.9% 28.4%
2009 26.5% 28.4%
2008 25.5% 25.9%
2007 23.2% 24.8%
2006 23.3% 24.9%
2005 – 25.1%
2004 – 24.8%
2003 24.6% 25.2%
2002 21.7% 24.9%
2001 22.1% 24.7%
2000 22.4% 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.5 percentage points from 33.2% in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 24.4%, the figure has changed by +7.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 125 countries with data for 2021, Mongolia has the 51st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 31.7%.

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
1992 to 2021 for Mongolia
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