economic2024

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Name: Government expenditure (% of GDP)
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: economic, % of gdp, government, expenditure, gdp

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•151 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

32.3% of GDP

Median: 30.3% of GDP

Countries Covered

151

with available data

Highest

Kiribati

98.1% of GDP

Lowest

Haiti

5.2% of GDP

Top 5 Countries

1Kiribati98.1% of GDP

2Marshall Islands71.6% of GDP

3Ukraine71.3% of GDP

4Dominica58.8% of GDP

5Finland57.7% of GDP

By Region

Europe46.6% of GDP(30 countries)

Oceania40.4% of GDP(2 countries)

South America32.8% of GDP(7 countries)

North America31.6% of GDP(4 countries)

Other29.5% of GDP(78 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (5.2% of GDP)High (98.1% of GDP)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 32.3% of GDP)

Europe (30)

Oceania (2)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Other (78)

Asia (22)

Africa (8)

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

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Kiribati	98.1% of GDP
2	Marshall Islands	71.6% of GDP
3	Ukraine	71.3% of GDP
4	Dominica	58.8% of GDP
5	Finland	57.7% of GDP
6	France	57.2% of GDP
7	Micronesia, Federated States of	57.0% of GDP
8	Austria	56.0% of GDP
9	Belgium	54.5% of GDP
10	Lesotho	53.5% of GDP
11	Italy	50.6% of GDP
12	Kuwait	50.4% of GDP
13	Germany	49.4% of GDP
14	Poland	49.4% of GDP
15	Sweden	49.3% of GDP
16	Norway	48.5% of GDP
17	Croatia	48.0% of GDP
18	Greece	48.0% of GDP
19	Denmark	47.3% of GDP
20	Slovakia	47.1% of GDP
21	Hungary	46.9% of GDP
22	Luxembourg	46.9% of GDP
23	Iceland	46.5% of GDP
24	Slovenia	46.5% of GDP
25	Maldives	46.1% of GDP
26	Brazil	45.7% of GDP
27	Spain	45.3% of GDP
28	Canada	44.7% of GDP
29	Latvia	44.5% of GDP
30	Netherlands	44.4% of GDP
31	United Kingdom	44.0% of GDP
32	Israel	43.8% of GDP
33	Estonia	43.6% of GDP
34	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43.3% of GDP
35	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43.2% of GDP
36	Portugal	42.8% of GDP
37	Czech Republic	42.8% of GDP
38	New Zealand	41.9% of GDP
39	Vanuatu	41.1% of GDP
40	Cyprus	40.0% of GDP
41	Romania	39.9% of GDP
42	Namibia	39.9% of GDP
43	Bolivia	39.8% of GDP
44	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	39.1% of GDP
45	Japan	39.1% of GDP
46	Australia	38.9% of GDP
47	Ecuador	38.1% of GDP
48	Moldova, Republic of	38.0% of GDP
49	United States of America	37.9% of GDP
50	Mongolia	37.5% of GDP
51	Grenada	37.1% of GDP
52	Russian Federation	36.9% of GDP
53	Algeria	36.8% of GDP
54	The Republic of North Macedonia	36.7% of GDP
55	Bulgaria	36.7% of GDP
56	Solomon Islands	35.8% of GDP
57	Colombia	34.6% of GDP
58	Azerbaijan	33.9% of GDP
59	Tunisia	33.8% of GDP
60	Seychelles	33.8% of GDP
61	Kyrgyzstan	33.7% of GDP
62	Senegal	33.5% of GDP
63	Mozambique	33.2% of GDP
64	Morocco	33.0% of GDP
65	Jordan	33.0% of GDP
66	South Africa	33.0% of GDP
67	People's Republic of China	32.9% of GDP
68	Eswatini	32.8% of GDP
69	Türkiye	32.6% of GDP
70	Trinidad and Tobago	32.5% of GDP
71	Switzerland	31.9% of GDP
72	El Salvador	31.4% of GDP
73	Uruguay	31.1% of GDP
74	Argentina	31.0% of GDP
75	Fiji	30.8% of GDP
76	Mexico	30.3% of GDP
77	Georgia	30.3% of GDP
78	Jamaica	30.0% of GDP
79	Barbados	29.7% of GDP
80	Saudi Arabia	29.6% of GDP
81	Suriname	29.2% of GDP
82	Bahrain	29.1% of GDP
83	Albania	28.9% of GDP
84	Rwanda	28.8% of GDP
85	Oman	28.7% of GDP
86	India	28.4% of GDP
87	Burkina Faso	27.8% of GDP
88	Tajikistan	27.7% of GDP
89	Uzbekistan	27.6% of GDP
90	Bhutan	27.1% of GDP
91	Nicaragua	27.1% of GDP
92	Chile	26.7% of GDP
93	Togo	26.4% of GDP
94	Belize	26.3% of GDP
95	Cape Verde	26.1% of GDP
96	Qatar	26.0% of GDP
97	Honduras	25.7% of GDP
98	Philippines	24.9% of GDP
99	Gabon	24.8% of GDP
100	Saint Lucia	24.3% of GDP
101	Malaysia	23.9% of GDP
102	Kenya	23.3% of GDP
103	Hong Kong	23.3% of GDP
104	Guyana	23.2% of GDP
105	Ghana	23.2% of GDP
106	Panama	23.1% of GDP
107	Thailand	22.7% of GDP
108	South Korea	22.5% of GDP
109	Burundi	22.3% of GDP
110	Ireland	22.3% of GDP
111	Peru	22.3% of GDP
112	Republic of the Congo	21.7% of GDP
113	United Arab Emirates	21.4% of GDP
114	Aruba	21.2% of GDP
115	Paraguay	21.0% of GDP
116	Bahamas	21.0% of GDP
117	Myanmar	20.7% of GDP
118	Djibouti	20.6% of GDP
119	Guinea	20.6% of GDP
120	Cote d'Ivoire	20.4% of GDP
121	Papua New Guinea	20.4% of GDP
122	Guinea-Bissau	20.4% of GDP
123	Antigua and Barbuda	19.8% of GDP
124	Central African Republic	19.5% of GDP
125	Pakistan	19.5% of GDP
126	Dominican Republic	19.5% of GDP
127	Sri Lanka	19.3% of GDP
128	Comoros	19.1% of GDP
129	Vietnam	19.1% of GDP
130	United Republic of Tanzania	19.1% of GDP
131	Costa Rica	18.9% of GDP
132	Chad	18.8% of GDP
133	Uganda	18.7% of GDP
134	Equatorial Guinea	18.5% of GDP
135	Angola	18.4% of GDP
136	Benin	18.1% of GDP
137	Venezuela	17.6% of GDP
138	Cambodia	17.3% of GDP
139	Indonesia	16.8% of GDP
140	Democratic Republic of the Congo	16.7% of GDP
141	Lebanon	16.5% of GDP
142	Madagascar	16.2% of GDP
143	Islamic Republic of Iran	14.2% of GDP
144	Niger	13.4% of GDP
145	Guatemala	13.4% of GDP
146	Nigeria	12.3% of GDP
147	Bangladesh	12.0% of GDP
148	Ethiopia	9.5% of GDP
149	Yemen	8.9% of GDP
150	Sudan	6.4% of GDP
151	Haiti	5.2% of GDP

Showing 151 of 151 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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