Spain (2025)
45.3
% of GDP
-0.2pp YoY
YoY Change
-0.2pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
26
years of data

Data

Spain Government Expenditure (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2025 45.3 -0.2pp
2024 45.5 +0.1pp
2023 45.4 -0.9pp
2022 46.3 -3.2pp
2021 49.5 -1.9pp
2020 51.4 +9.4pp
2019 42 +0.5pp
2018 41.5 +0.5pp
2017 41 -1.1pp
2016 42.1 -1.6pp
2015 43.7 -1.3pp
2014 45 -1.2pp
2013 46.2 -3pp
2012 49.2 +3.3pp
2011 45.9 +0.1pp
2010 45.8 -0.3pp
2009 46.1 +4.8pp
2008 41.3 +2.1pp
2007 39.2 +0.8pp
2006 38.4 unchanged

About this Dataset

Spain recorded 45.3 % of GDP in 2025. The latest change was -0.2pp. Across 2000–2025 the series ranges from 38.3 in 2003 to 51.4 in 2020.

This page tracks total general government expenditure as a percentage of GDP in Spain from 2000 to present.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks total general government expenditure as a percentage of GDP in Spain from 2000 to present. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2000–2025 (26 observations).

The series peaked at 51.4 % of GDP in 2020 and reached its lowest recorded value of 38.3 in 2003. The latest reading of 45.3 in 2025 represents a change of -0.2pp.