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Government procurement spending

Compare government procurement spending across 31 countries or territories using one fixed 2024 OECD reference slice.

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)•31 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
13.7Percentage of GDP
Median: 13.8Percentage of GDP
Countries Covered
31
with available data
Highest
Netherlands
20.2Percentage of GDP
Lowest
Ireland
8.4Percentage of GDP
Top 5 Countries
1Netherlands20.2Percentage of GDP
2Finland19.5Percentage of GDP
3Germany18.6Percentage of GDP
4Sweden17.3Percentage of GDP
5France16.2Percentage of GDP
By Region
Europe14.0Percentage of GDP(28 countries)
North America13.8Percentage of GDP(1 countries)
South America10.3Percentage of GDP(1 countries)
Africa9.4Percentage of GDP(1 countries)
Key Findings
  • •31 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of GDP observation in the fixed 2024 slice.
  • •Netherlands has the highest published value (20.17 Percentage of GDP).
  • •Ireland has the lowest published value (8.42 Percentage of GDP).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (8.4Percentage of GDP)High (20.2Percentage of GDP)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 13.7Percentage of GDP)

Europe (28)
North America (1)
South America (1)
Africa (1)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

OECD Size of public procurement measure 'Government procurement spending'. The map uses the exact official 2024 slice in Percentage of GDP; fixed dimensions: FREQ=A (Annual); SECTOR=S13 (General government); EDITION=2025 (2025); CATEGORY=PPROC (Managing public procurement); PRICE_BASE=_Z (Not applicable).

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2024 OECD slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

OECD Size of public procurement measure 'Government procurement spending'. The map uses the exact official 2024 slice in Percentage of GDP; fixed dimensions: FREQ=A (Annual); SECTOR=S13 (General government); EDITION=2025 (2025); CATEGORY=PPROC (Managing public procurement); PRICE_BASE=_Z (Not applicable).

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Netherlands20.2Percentage of GDP
2Finland19.5Percentage of GDP
3Germany18.6Percentage of GDP
4Sweden17.3Percentage of GDP
5France16.2Percentage of GDP
6Austria15.7Percentage of GDP
7Iceland15.6Percentage of GDP
8Belgium15.4Percentage of GDP
9Croatia15.0Percentage of GDP
10Norway14.9Percentage of GDP
11Estonia14.8Percentage of GDP
12Slovenia14.7Percentage of GDP
13United Kingdom14.5Percentage of GDP
14Czech Republic14.1Percentage of GDP
15Poland13.9Percentage of GDP
16Canada13.8Percentage of GDP
17Latvia13.8Percentage of GDP
18Hungary13.6Percentage of GDP
19Slovakia13.0Percentage of GDP
20Romania12.7Percentage of GDP
21Denmark12.5Percentage of GDP
22Luxembourg12.4Percentage of GDP
23Italy11.7Percentage of GDP
24Greece11.6Percentage of GDP
25Lithuania11.0Percentage of GDP
26Spain10.9Percentage of GDP
27Colombia10.3Percentage of GDP
28Bulgaria10.3Percentage of GDP
29Portugal9.8Percentage of GDP
30South Africa9.4Percentage of GDP
31Ireland8.4Percentage of GDP
Showing 31 of 31 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2024).

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