Central government expense in Mozambique

Central government expense in Mozambique was equal to 26.0% of GDP in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2010.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2010 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Mozambique, 2022 26.0% % of GDP
Change from 2021 +2.7percentage points 2021: 23.3%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate

Central government expense in Mozambique 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 MozambiqueWorld
2022 26.0% 28.5%
2021 23.3% 31.7%
2020 22.9% 33.4%
2019 20.0% 26.7%
2018 19.6% 26.1%
2017 17.6% 26.3%
2016 18.5% 26.6%
2015 – 26.8%
2014 – 26.8%
2013 – 27.1%
2012 22.2% 27.4%
2011 21.3% 27.5%
2010 19.6% 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 +2.7 percentage points from 23.3% in 2021.
  • Since 2010, when it was 19.6%, the figure has changed by +6.4 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
2010 to 2022 for Mozambique
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