Central government expense in North Macedonia

Central government expense in North Macedonia was equal to 33.4% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2005 to 2023 Source: World Bank
North Macedonia, 2023 33.4% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +1.2percentage points 2022: 32.2%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate Not the same period as North Macedonia (2023).

Central government expense in North Macedonia 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 North MacedoniaWorld
2023 33.4% –
2022 32.2% 28.5%
2021 33.3% 31.7%
2020 34.9% 33.4%
2019 29.7% 26.7%
2018 27.8% 26.1%
2017 28.0% 26.3%
2016 27.8% 26.6%
2015 28.8% 26.8%
2014 28.4% 26.8%
2013 28.2% 27.1%
2012 29.4% 27.4%
2011 29.0% 27.5%
2010 30.1% 28.4%
2009 31.3% 28.4%
2008 30.6% 25.9%
2007 29.3% 24.8%
2006 29.6% 24.9%
2005 28.9% 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 +1.2 percentage points from 32.2% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 28.2%, the figure has changed by +5.1 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
2005 to 2023 for North Macedonia
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