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General government expenditure, % of GDP (Eurostat): Euro area (EA)

The latest reading SOTW holds for Euro area (EA) is 49.70% of GDP for 2025, from Eurostat.

Source series · Listed tier · Fiscal & Monetary · Annual · % of GDP · EUROSTAT.L.GOV.EXPENDITURE.GDP.A · EA

Listed tier: bulk-loaded from the publisher's file as published; not individually reviewed by SOTW.

Latest
49.70
% of GDP · 2025
Previous
49.20
% of GDP · 2024
Earliest held
50.70
% of GDP · 1996
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Euro area (EA) · history

% of GDP · Annual

Source: Eurostat. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:13:36.354Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

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General government expenditure, % of GDP (Eurostat): Euro area (EA): 30 readings, newest first. Source: Eurostat.
PeriodValue (% of GDP)
202549.70
202449.20
202349.20
202249.70
202151.90
202053.40
201946.90
201846.90
201747.30
201647.80
201548.60
201449.60
201350.30
201250.30
201149.50
201051.00
200951.10
200847.10
200745.80
200646.50
200547.20
200447.30
200347.90
200247.60
200147.30
200047.30
199948.10
199848.50
199749.50
199650.70

Source: Eurostat. All 30 readings held, 1996 to 2025. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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