economic2026

General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

Name: General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: economic, %, general, government, final, consumption, expenditure, gdp

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•176 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

17.5%

Median: 16.7%

Countries Covered

176

with available data

Highest

Timor-Leste

60.6%

Lowest

Cayman Islands

2.6%

Top 5 Countries

1Timor-Leste60.6%

2Kiribati59.0%

3Marshall Islands54.5%

4Greenland41.7%

5Palau38.3%

By Region

Oceania21.6%(2 countries)

Europe21.1%(32 countries)

Other17.6%(99 countries)

South America15.4%(7 countries)

North America14.4%(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (2.6%)High (60.6%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 17.5%)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

Other (99)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Asia (24)

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 World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Timor-Leste	60.6%
2	Kiribati	59.0%
3	Marshall Islands	54.5%
4	Greenland	41.7%
5	Palau	38.3%
6	Ukraine	37.6%
7	Lesotho	35.7%
8	Virgin Islands, U.S.	34.4%
9	Libya	34.2%
10	French Polynesia	32.0%
11	Botswana	31.8%
12	Faroe Islands	27.9%
13	Sweden	26.6%
14	Solomon Islands	26.2%
15	Finland	26.1%
16	Equatorial Guinea	25.9%
17	Iceland	25.9%
18	Kuwait	25.8%
19	Netherlands	25.8%
20	Israel	25.2%
21	Cuba	24.8%
22	Seychelles	24.3%
23	France	24.2%
24	Belgium	23.7%
25	Afghanistan	23.6%
26	Tonga	23.5%
27	Croatia	23.1%
28	Denmark	23.0%
29	Brunei Darussalam	22.7%
30	Namibia	22.3%
31	Cape Verde	22.2%
32	Iraq	22.2%
33	Australia	22.1%
34	Norway	22.1%
35	Germany	22.0%
36	Latvia	21.7%
37	Austria	21.6%
38	Eswatini	21.5%
39	Vanuatu	21.4%
40	Canada	21.4%
41	Saudi Arabia	21.3%
42	Burundi	21.2%
43	Slovakia	21.1%
44	New Zealand	21.1%
45	Estonia	21.0%
46	United Kingdom	20.9%
47	Poland	20.8%
48	Slovenia	20.4%
49	Hungary	20.4%
50	Japan	20.1%
51	Czech Republic	20.0%
52	Bhutan	20.0%
53	Bulgaria	19.8%
54	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.6%
55	Burkina Faso	19.4%
56	Spain	19.3%
57	South Africa	19.2%
58	Luxembourg	19.1%
59	Malawi	19.0%
60	Tunisia	18.9%
61	Fiji	18.9%
62	Lithuania	18.8%
63	Brazil	18.8%
64	Oman	18.7%
65	Greece	18.6%
66	Romania	18.5%
67	Cyprus	18.4%
68	Mozambique	18.4%
69	Russian Federation	18.3%
70	Belarus	18.3%
71	Italy	18.1%
72	Algeria	18.1%
73	Morocco	18.0%
74	El Salvador	17.9%
75	Aruba	17.9%
76	Moldova, Republic of	17.9%
77	Montenegro	17.6%
78	State of Palestine	17.5%
79	Serbia	17.5%
80	South Korea	17.5%
81	Democratic Republic of the Congo	17.5%
82	Maldives	17.5%
83	Uruguay	17.4%
84	Djibouti	17.1%
85	Malta	16.9%
86	Portugal	16.8%
87	Samoa	16.8%
88	Rwanda	16.7%
89	People's Republic of China	16.7%
90	Thailand	16.6%
91	Sudan	16.6%
92	Bolivia	16.5%
93	Senegal	16.4%
94	Guinea-Bissau	16.4%
95	Belize	15.9%
96	Mauritania	15.9%
97	Angola	15.8%
98	The Republic of North Macedonia	15.5%
99	Mongolia	15.5%
100	Chile	15.1%
101	Honduras	15.1%
102	Mauritius	15.0%
103	Argentina	14.9%
104	Colombia	14.8%
105	Uzbekistan	14.8%
106	Madagascar	14.8%
107	Philippines	14.6%
108	Türkiye	14.5%
109	Azerbaijan	14.2%
110	San Marino	14.1%
111	Costa Rica	14.1%
112	Bahrain	14.1%
113	Kyrgyzstan	14.1%
114	Guinea	13.9%
115	United States of America	13.6%
116	Ecuador	13.4%
117	Republic of the Congo	13.4%
118	Peru	13.4%
119	Togo	13.3%
120	Islamic Republic of Iran	13.1%
121	Mali	12.9%
122	Bahamas	12.9%
123	Georgia	12.9%
124	Qatar	12.9%
125	Hong Kong	12.8%
126	Zambia	12.7%
127	Macao	12.5%
128	Albania	12.4%
129	Panama	12.4%
130	Turkmenistan	12.4%
131	Nicaragua	12.3%
132	United Arab Emirates	12.2%
133	Zimbabwe	12.2%
134	Ireland	12.1%
135	Malaysia	12.0%
136	Switzerland	11.9%
137	Paraguay	11.7%
138	Mexico	11.6%
139	Cameroon	11.5%
140	Dominican Republic	11.5%
141	Tajikistan	11.3%
142	Niger	11.2%
143	Kenya	11.2%
144	Guatemala	10.9%
145	Kazakhstan	10.8%
146	Bermuda	10.7%
147	India	10.7%
148	Armenia	10.7%
149	Gabon	10.3%
150	Singapore	10.1%
151	Uganda	10.0%
152	Chad	9.9%
153	Sao Tome and Principe	9.8%
154	Republic of The Gambia	9.6%
155	Cote d'Ivoire	9.3%
156	United Republic of Tanzania	9.1%
157	Central African Republic	9.1%
158	Benin	9.0%
159	Comoros	8.9%
160	Pakistan	8.9%
161	Vietnam	8.8%
162	Puerto Rico	8.1%
163	Somalia	7.8%
164	Indonesia	7.7%
165	Nepal	7.7%
166	Sri Lanka	7.0%
167	Egypt	6.3%
168	Haiti	5.9%
169	Bangladesh	5.9%
170	Cambodia	5.8%
171	Sierra Leone	5.6%
172	Ethiopia	5.5%
173	Lebanon	4.9%
174	Ghana	4.8%
175	Syrian Arab Republic	2.7%
176	Cayman Islands	2.6%

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Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).

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