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Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Name: Government expenditure (% of GDP) by country, 2024
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151 countries · 2024

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Government expenditure (% of GDP) league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	Kiribati	98.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
2	Marshall Islands	71.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
3	Ukraine	71.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
4	Dominica	58.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
5	Finland	57.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	France	57.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	57%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
8	Austria	56%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Belgium	54.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Lesotho	53.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
11	Italy	50.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	Kuwait	50.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
13	Germany	49.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	Poland	49.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Sweden	49.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Norway	48.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Croatia	48%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Greece	48%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Denmark	47.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Slovak Republic	47.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	Hungary	46.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Luxembourg	46.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Iceland	46.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	Slovenia	46.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	Maldives	46.1%	South Asia	Upper middle income
26	Brazil	45.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
27	Spain	45.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	Canada	44.7%	North America	High income
29	Latvia	44.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
30	Netherlands	44.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	United Kingdom	44%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Israel	43.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
33	Estonia	43.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
35	St. Kitts and Nevis	43.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
36	Portugal	42.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
37	Czechia	42.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	New Zealand	41.9%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
39	Vanuatu	41.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
40	Cyprus	40%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	Romania	39.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
42	Namibia	39.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
43	Bolivia	39.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
44	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	39.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
45	Japan	39.1%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
46	Australia	38.9%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
47	Ecuador	38.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
48	Moldova	38%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
49	United States	37.9%	North America	High income
50	Mongolia	37.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
51	Grenada	37.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
52	Russian Federation	36.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Algeria	36.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
54	North Macedonia	36.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
55	Bulgaria	36.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
56	Solomon Islands	35.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
57	Colombia	34.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
58	Azerbaijan	33.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
59	Tunisia	33.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
60	Seychelles	33.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
61	Kyrgyz Republic	33.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
62	Senegal	33.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
63	Mozambique	33.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
64	Morocco	33%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
65	Jordan	33%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
66	South Africa	33%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
67	China	32.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
68	Eswatini	32.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
69	Turkiye	32.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
70	Trinidad and Tobago	32.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
71	Switzerland	31.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
72	El Salvador	31.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
73	Uruguay	31.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
74	Argentina	31%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	Fiji	30.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
76	Mexico	30.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
77	Georgia	30.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
78	Jamaica	30%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
79	Barbados	29.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
80	Saudi Arabia	29.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
81	Suriname	29.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
82	Bahrain	29.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
83	Albania	28.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
84	Rwanda	28.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
85	Oman	28.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
86	India	28.4%	South Asia	Lower middle income
87	Burkina Faso	27.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
88	Tajikistan	27.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
89	Uzbekistan	27.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
90	Bhutan	27.1%	South Asia	Lower middle income
91	Nicaragua	27.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
92	Chile	26.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
93	Togo	26.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
94	Belize	26.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
95	Cabo Verde	26.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
96	Qatar	26%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
97	Honduras	25.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
98	Philippines	24.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
99	Gabon	24.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
100	St. Lucia	24.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
101	Malaysia	23.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
102	Kenya	23.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
103	Hong Kong SAR, China	23.3%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
104	Guyana	23.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
105	Ghana	23.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
106	Panama	23.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
107	Thailand	22.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
108	Korea, Rep.	22.5%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
109	Burundi	22.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
110	Ireland	22.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Peru	22.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
112	Congo, Rep.	21.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
113	United Arab Emirates	21.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
114	Aruba	21.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
115	Paraguay	21%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
116	Bahamas, The	21%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
117	Myanmar	20.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
118	Djibouti	20.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
119	Guinea	20.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
120	Cote d'Ivoire	20.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
121	Papua New Guinea	20.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
122	Guinea-Bissau	20.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
123	Antigua and Barbuda	19.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
124	Central African Republic	19.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
125	Pakistan	19.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
126	Dominican Republic	19.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
127	Sri Lanka	19.3%	South Asia	Upper middle income
128	Comoros	19.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
129	Viet Nam	19.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
130	Tanzania	19.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
131	Costa Rica	18.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
132	Chad	18.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
133	Uganda	18.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
134	Equatorial Guinea	18.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
135	Angola	18.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
136	Benin	18.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
137	Venezuela, RB	17.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
138	Cambodia	17.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
139	Indonesia	16.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
140	Congo, Dem. Rep.	16.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
141	Lebanon	16.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
142	Madagascar	16.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
143	Iran, Islamic Rep.	14.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
144	Niger	13.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
145	Guatemala	13.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
146	Nigeria	12.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
147	Bangladesh	12%	South Asia	Lower middle income
148	Ethiopia	9.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
149	Yemen, Rep.	8.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
150	Sudan	6.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	Haiti	5.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income

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