economic2024

Expense (% of GDP) — series 2

Name: Expense (% of GDP) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: economic, %, expense, gdp, series

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•161 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

27.2%

Median: 26.0%

Countries Covered

161

with available data

Highest

Nauru

103.6%

Lowest

United Arab Emirates

3.8%

Top 5 Countries

1Nauru103.6%

2Kiribati83.7%

3Ukraine65.6%

4Marshall Islands59.4%

5Palau59.0%

By Region

Europe38.2%(32 countries)

Oceania31.5%(2 countries)

South America28.7%(7 countries)

Other25.3%(88 countries)

Africa23.1%(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (3.8%)High (103.6%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 27.2%)

Europe (32)

Oceania (2)

South America (7)

Other (88)

Africa (7)

Asia (21)

North America (4)

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

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Nauru	103.6%
2	Kiribati	83.7%
3	Ukraine	65.6%
4	Marshall Islands	59.4%
5	Palau	59.0%
6	Timor-Leste	52.5%
7	Greece	47.3%
8	Italy	47.3%
9	France	47.3%
10	Austria	46.0%
11	Finland	44.9%
12	Slovenia	42.9%
13	Hungary	42.4%
14	Luxembourg	42.2%
15	United Kingdom	41.2%
16	San Marino	40.5%
17	Lesotho	40.2%
18	Netherlands	40.0%
19	Slovakia	39.8%
20	Belgium	39.7%
21	Afghanistan	39.2%
22	Poland	39.1%
23	Cyprus	38.5%
24	Croatia	38.1%
25	Estonia	37.7%
26	Israel	37.3%
27	Romania	37.3%
28	Portugal	37.2%
29	Uruguay	36.5%
30	Namibia	36.2%
31	Bulgaria	35.8%
32	New Zealand	35.5%
33	Serbia	35.5%
34	Bosnia and Herzegovina	35.3%
35	Tonga	34.7%
36	Kuwait	34.6%
37	Norway	34.5%
38	Moldova, Republic of	34.5%
39	Czech Republic	34.4%
40	Liberia	34.4%
41	Latvia	34.2%
42	Spain	34.0%
43	Lithuania	33.9%
44	Tunisia	33.8%
45	Malta	33.7%
46	South Africa	33.4%
47	The Republic of North Macedonia	33.4%
48	Denmark	33.3%
49	Trinidad and Tobago	33.3%
50	Colombia	33.3%
51	Türkiye	33.0%
52	Sweden	32.5%
53	Brazil	32.4%
54	Iceland	32.0%
55	Mongolia	31.7%
56	Germany	31.2%
57	Cape Verde	30.9%
58	Ecuador	30.4%
59	Egypt	30.2%
60	Russian Federation	30.0%
61	Maldives	29.5%
62	Mauritius	29.1%
63	Solomon Islands	28.9%
64	Barbados	28.8%
65	Costa Rica	28.6%
66	Belarus	28.5%
67	South Korea	28.3%
68	El Salvador	27.9%
69	Kenya	27.8%
70	Fiji	27.8%
71	Iraq	27.6%
72	Australia	27.6%
73	Jamaica	27.5%
74	Saint Kitts and Nevis	26.7%
75	Samoa	26.7%
76	Vanuatu	26.6%
77	Morocco	26.6%
78	Botswana	26.5%
79	State of Palestine	26.2%
80	Bahrain	26.1%
81	Mozambique	26.0%
82	Jordan	25.9%
83	Albania	25.4%
84	Georgia	25.2%
85	Zambia	25.1%
86	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	24.7%
87	Seychelles	24.6%
88	Eswatini	24.6%
89	Chile	24.6%
90	United States of America	24.4%
91	Honduras	24.4%
92	Saudi Arabia	24.2%
93	Bhutan	24.1%
94	Kyrgyzstan	23.7%
95	Senegal	23.6%
96	Micronesia, Federated States of	23.4%
97	Azerbaijan	23.0%
98	Peru	22.8%
99	Ghana	22.7%
100	Mexico	22.5%
101	Uzbekistan	22.3%
102	Belize	22.3%
103	Bolivia	21.8%
104	Argentina	21.0%
105	Armenia	20.9%
106	Thailand	20.7%
107	Bahamas	20.3%
108	Papua New Guinea	20.3%
109	Malawi	20.2%
110	Japan	20.1%
111	Islamic Republic of Iran	19.6%
112	Macao	19.6%
113	Burkina Faso	19.6%
114	Nepal	19.4%
115	Ireland	19.2%
116	Canada	19.1%
117	Paraguay	18.9%
118	Dominican Republic	18.1%
119	Sri Lanka	18.0%
120	Rwanda	18.0%
121	Cote d'Ivoire	17.9%
122	Saint Lucia	17.6%
123	Kazakhstan	17.4%
124	Republic of The Gambia	17.2%
125	Panama	17.1%
126	Singapore	17.1%
127	Malaysia	17.0%
128	Philippines	16.9%
129	Uganda	16.6%
130	United Republic of Tanzania	16.3%
131	Nicaragua	16.3%
132	Republic of the Congo	16.1%
133	Switzerland	16.1%
134	Togo	16.0%
135	Guinea-Bissau	15.5%
136	Indonesia	15.4%
137	Angola	14.6%
138	Gabon	14.1%
139	Myanmar	13.8%
140	India	13.7%
141	Guatemala	13.5%
142	Cambodia	12.9%
143	Pakistan	12.8%
144	Democratic Republic of the Congo	12.4%
145	Cameroon	12.4%
146	Burundi	12.3%
147	Mali	12.2%
148	Central African Republic	11.7%
149	Equatorial Guinea	11.0%
150	Madagascar	11.0%
151	Tajikistan	11.0%
152	Zimbabwe	11.0%
153	Lao People's Democratic Republic	10.3%
154	Niger	10.2%
155	Sudan	9.7%
156	Bangladesh	8.3%
157	Guinea	6.5%
158	Somalia	6.3%
159	Lebanon	6.3%
160	Ethiopia	6.1%
161	United Arab Emirates	3.8%

Showing 161 of 161 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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