Central government expense in Paraguay

Central government expense in Paraguay was equal to 18.9% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2005 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Paraguay, 2023 18.9% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +2.4percentage points 2022: 16.6%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate Not the same period as Paraguay (2023).

Central government expense in Paraguay 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 ParaguayWorld
2023 18.9% –
2022 16.6% 28.5%
2021 16.7% 31.7%
2020 18.5% 33.4%
2019 20.4% 26.7%
2018 16.1% 26.1%
2017 14.5% 26.3%
2016 15.4% 26.6%
2015 14.8% 26.8%
2014 14.0% 26.8%
2013 14.4% 27.1%
2012 15.7% 27.4%
2011 13.1% 27.5%
2010 11.8% 28.4%
2009 12.6% 28.4%
2008 10.8% 25.9%
2007 11.5% 24.8%
2006 12.4% 24.9%
2005 12.3% 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 +2.4 percentage points from 16.6% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 14.4%, the figure has changed by +4.6 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
2005 to 2023 for Paraguay
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