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Botswana: General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

31.48percent · 2025-0.5% since 2015

Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. General government FCE includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees), and most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Botswana from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202531.483
202431.752
202329.434
202227.982
202131.567
202036.168
201931.651
201829.096
201728.878
201628.476
201531.639
201429.254
201331.063
201231.838
201128.331
201030.775
200935.938
200830.496
200727.908
200627.72
200519.401
200420.532
200322.009
200222.379
200123.487
200024.903
199927.411
199830.069
199728.182
199626.194
199530.054
199428.624
199327.997
199226.358
199124.229
199024.137
198922.664
198823.89
198726.896
198623.967
198522.983
198425.012
198325.847
198226.051
198124.808
198021.339
197919.41
197821.127
197723.156
197621.391
197518.98
197417.216
197314.518
197213.336
197116.355
197018.782
196920.702
196823.684
196725.803
196626.287
196525.61
196423.51
196322.244
196220.911
196119.444
196018.136

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World Bank (2026). General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-general-government-final-consumption-expenditure-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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