The reading right now

As of January 2023, Government expenditure for South Korea stood at 28.3%. That is down 3 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 27.6%, ranging from a low of 23.6% in January 2018 to a high of 31.3% in January 2022. The current reading sits 3 percentage points above its trailing ten-year mean of 25.3%.

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