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Brazil - Government Economic Affairs Expenditure (% of GDP) 2.26

IMF Government Finance Statistics · updated 2026-10-03 · 77 economies tracked

Latest value

2.26 (2024)

Global rank

##42 of 77 economies

Share of global total

1.1%

Growth since 2017

1.19×

Ranking Race — Government Economic Affairs Expenditure (% of GDP)

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#12#23#34#45#56#67201720222025#67#422023 overtook Guatemala2024 overtook Andorra
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Real annual global ranks, 2017 - 2025. Brazil climbed from #67 to #42 (overtook Guatemala). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Brazil ↓

Key Events — Brazil

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Pandemic and commodity shock hit output hard.

2023
Overtook Guatemala in global rank auto
2024
Overtook Andorra in global rank auto
2024
Climbed 21 places in global rank auto

Government Economic Affairs Expenditure (% of GDP), 2017-2024

IMF Government Finance Statistics · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
2017202220241.611.832.042.26
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