Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
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The World Bank
Origin
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)
1960 10.49307654
1961 11.02214804
1962 11.64996881
1963 11.74420802
1964 12.40266236
1965 12.8917359
1966 13.01831441
1967 13.58982166
1968 14.59613837
1969 14.26126571
1970 13.08836007
1971 15.038991
1972 14.22245838
1973 13.56641781
1974 12.74696955
1975 14.07265948
1976 13.50349074
1977 14.017729
1978 15.28075929
1979 15.40890115
1980 15.3116965
1981 10.89488185
1982 11.57565287
1983 13.37872711
1984 14.98015291
1985 14.42738535
1986 17.1608665
1987 18.84882316
1988 18.29083054
1989 18.02336535
1990 18.44207869
1991 18.58888236
1992 20.77895388
1993 20.25885355
1994 18.86071859
1995 15.64074463
1996 14.42695835
1997 14.15622363
1998 13.37983701
1999 18.38138115
2000 17.29744892
2001 17.06974056
2002 15.88710591
2003 17.44034992
2004 17.1933245
2005 16.00895085
2006 14.85184551
2007 14.93481614
2008 14.53488632
2009 15.86046156
2010 15.62778501
2011 16.14832275
2012 15.73604318
2013 15.47278287
2014 14.6645939
2015 14.53541735
2016 14.94176804
2017 15.53479367
2018 15.20055465
2019 14.63555521
2020 15.39746151
2021 15.50950368
2022 15.15481153

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source