General government final consumption expenditure in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: General government final consumption expenditure was 2.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
General government final consumption expenditure in Early-demographic dividend, 1988–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
The most recent figure for general government final consumption expenditure in Early-demographic dividend is 2.2%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 32.6% on the previous year and down 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, general government final consumption expenditure in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 6.7% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2016.
Early-demographic dividend ranks 21st of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
General government final consumption expenditure in Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 0.9% | — |
| 1989 | 1.0% | +7.0% |
| 1990 | 3.6% | +261.7% |
| 1991 | 3.8% | +6.0% |
| 1992 | 2.7% | -29.0% |
| 1993 | 4.9% | +81.2% |
| 1994 | 1.0% | -80.3% |
| 1995 | 1.1% | +10.4% |
| 1996 | 2.6% | +146.0% |
| 1997 | 4.0% | +54.0% |
| 1998 | 3.4% | -15.1% |
| 1999 | 3.3% | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 3.4% | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9% | -73.8% |
| 2002 | 2.1% | +140.4% |
| 2003 | 2.5% | +19.1% |
| 2004 | 4.0% | +58.1% |
| 2005 | 5.2% | +30.0% |
| 2006 | 6.1% | +17.1% |
| 2007 | 4.0% | -34.1% |
| 2008 | 5.1% | +27.5% |
| 2009 | 6.7% | +31.2% |
| 2010 | 2.2% | -67.1% |
| 2011 | 6.4% | +190.7% |
| 2012 | 4.1% | -36.0% |
| 2013 | 4.5% | +8.5% |
| 2014 | 5.1% | +14.2% |
| 2015 | 3.0% | -40.7% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -80.4% |
| 2017 | 3.5% | +488.8% |
| 2018 | 4.4% | +27.1% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | -73.9% |
| 2020 | 1.9% | +60.1% |
| 2021 | 3.0% | +61.9% |
| 2022 | 3.1% | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 2.2% | -28.1% |
| 2024 | 3.2% | +46.9% |
| 2025 | 2.2% | -32.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.0% | 1.0% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.0% | 0.9% | 6.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.5% | 0.6% | 6.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.6% | 1.9% | 3.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend
More economy & growth data for Early-demographic dividend
- Services, value added 9.54 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 2.63 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 2,656 current US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 5.20 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 4.53 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 4.0% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 31.7% (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 5.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9411 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), annual growth 4.37 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is general government final consumption expenditure in Early-demographic dividend?
- General government final consumption expenditure in Early-demographic dividend was 2.2% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest general government final consumption expenditure recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 6.7% in 2009.
- What is the lowest general government final consumption expenditure recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2016.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for general government final consumption expenditure?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 21st out of 33 groups with data for 2025.
- Is general government final consumption expenditure rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of General government final consumption expenditure (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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 denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.