Government spending, in dollars in Africa
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Government spending, billion USD in Africa:
The average for 2020 based on 44 countries was 6.77 billion U.S. dollars.The highest value was in South Africa: 69.27 billion U.S. dollars and the lowest value was in the Comoros: 0.12 billion U.S. dollars. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: billion U.S. dollars; Source: The World Bank
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
69.27
37.64
29.17
28.94
23.95
12.87
9.82
6.53
5.99
5.93
5.49
5.32
5.09
5.04
3.75
3.69
3.58
2.92
2.82
2.76
2.66
2.39
2.14
2.03
2.02
2.01
1.78
1.75
1.67
1.40
1.05
1.01
0.91
0.89
0.66
0.61
0.51
0.35
0.33
0.29
0.24
0.18
0.16
0.12
0
17.3
34.6
52
69.27
Definition: 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. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
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