Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget
Compare primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget across 71 countries using official UN SDG Global Database observations for 2024.
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Key Insights
- •71 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
- •Turkmenistan has the highest published value (125.632 %).
- •Nigeria has the lowest published value (37.746 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 93.3%)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget (%).
Values use UN SDG series GF_XPD_GBPC, release 2026.Q2.G.01, one fixed 2024 reference year, unit Percentage, and the fixed selection Reporting Type: Global. Aggregates, missing/non-finite values, other dimensions, other attributes, and non-ISO geographies are excluded; MapTheory does not impute missing countries.
Methodology
UN SDG series GF_XPD_GBPC; year 2024; unit PERCENT; dimensions {"Reporting Type": "G"}; attributes {"Nature": "C", "Units": "PERCENT"} Official UN SDG metadata for indicator 16.6.1.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 125.6% |
| 2 | Rwanda | 117.1% |
| 3 | Mauritius | 113.9% |
| 4 | South Sudan | 113.7% |
| 5 | Zambia | 111.2% |
| 6 | Philippines | 108.8% |
| 7 | Romania | 107.7% |
| 8 | Maldives | 105.8% |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 104.8% |
| 10 | Malaysia | 103.8% |
| 11 | Jamaica | 103.3% |
| 12 | Togo | 102.3% |
| 13 | Seychelles | 102.1% |
| 14 | Indonesia | 101.0% |
| 15 | Singapore | 101.0% |
| 16 | South Africa | 100.9% |
| 17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 100.8% |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 100.5% |
| 19 | Georgia | 100.4% |
| 20 | Thailand | 100.2% |
| 21 | Republic of The Gambia | 100.1% |
| 22 | Tajikistan | 99.8% |
| 23 | Moldova, Republic of | 99.5% |
| 24 | Morocco | 99.5% |
| 25 | Uzbekistan | 99.4% |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 99.2% |
| 27 | Liberia | 98.9% |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 98.9% |
| 29 | India | 98.7% |
| 30 | Belarus | 98.3% |
| 31 | Papua New Guinea | 98.3% |
| 32 | Benin | 98.3% |
| 33 | Guinea-Bissau | 98.1% |
| 34 | People's Republic of China | 98.1% |
| 35 | Botswana | 97.7% |
| 36 | Ukraine | 97.2% |
| 37 | Türkiye | 97.2% |
| 38 | United Republic of Tanzania | 96.7% |
| 39 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 96.4% |
| 40 | Poland | 96.3% |
| 41 | Myanmar | 95.9% |
| 42 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 95.8% |
| 43 | Mongolia | 94.2% |
| 44 | Fiji | 94.2% |
| 45 | Armenia | 93.9% |
| 46 | Mozambique | 91.8% |
| 47 | Cambodia | 91.2% |
| 48 | Pakistan | 91.1% |
| 49 | Palau | 90.9% |
| 50 | Mali | 90.3% |
| 51 | Kuwait | 89.8% |
| 52 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 87.5% |
| 53 | Chad | 87.5% |
| 54 | Timor-Leste | 86.5% |
| 55 | Kenya | 86.2% |
| 56 | Mauritania | 86.2% |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 85.9% |
| 58 | Malawi | 85.8% |
| 59 | Cape Verde | 84.7% |
| 60 | Somalia | 83.9% |
| 61 | Burundi | 82.4% |
| 62 | Uganda | 78.2% |
| 63 | Nepal | 77.7% |
| 64 | Comoros | 77.2% |
| 65 | Guinea | 76.2% |
| 66 | Afghanistan | 73.2% |
| 67 | Niger | 67.7% |
| 68 | Sao Tome and Principe | 66.4% |
| 69 | Madagascar | 60.6% |
| 70 | Cameroon | 42.6% |
| 71 | Nigeria | 37.7% |
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Data Source
This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2024).
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