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Government expense, % of GDP: ranking of countries
142 countries ranked by their latest value (2019–2024). Nauru is highest at 103.6%; United Arab Emirates is lowest at 3.8%.
World 28.5% (2022)Median country 26.6%142 countries
Government expense: world and regions, 1994–2024
WorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanNorth AmericaSouth Asia
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
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Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
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| # | Country | Region | Government expense | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nauru | East Asia & Pacific | 103.6% | 2020 | |
| 2 | Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 83.7% | 2023 | |
| 3 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 65.6% | 2023 | |
| 4 | Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 59.4% | 2020 | |
| 5 | Palau | East Asia & Pacific | 59.0% | 2020 | |
| 6 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 52.5% | 2022 | |
| 7 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 47.3% | 2023 | |
| 8 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 47.3% | 2023 | |
| 9 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 47.3% | 2023 | |
| 10 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 46.0% | 2023 | |
| 11 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 44.9% | 2023 | |
| 12 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 42.9% | 2023 | |
| 13 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 42.4% | 2022 | |
| 14 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 42.2% | 2023 | |
| 15 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 41.2% | 2023 | |
| 16 | San Marino | Europe & Central Asia | 40.5% | 2023 | |
| 17 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.2% | 2022 | |
| 18 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 40.0% | 2023 | |
| 19 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 39.8% | 2022 | |
| 20 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 39.7% | 2022 | |
| 21 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 39.1% | 2023 | |
| 22 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 38.5% | 2023 | |
| 23 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 38.1% | 2023 | |
| 24 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 37.7% | 2023 | |
| 25 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 37.3% | 2023 | |
| 26 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 37.3% | 2022 | |
| 27 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 37.2% | 2023 | |
| 28 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 36.5% | 2023 | |
| 29 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.2% | 2023 | |
| 30 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 35.8% | 2023 | |
| 31 | New Zealand | East Asia & Pacific | 35.5% | 2022 | |
| 32 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 35.5% | 2022 | |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 35.3% | 2023 | |
| 34 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 34.7% | 2023 | |
| 35 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 34.5% | 2023 | |
| 36 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 34.5% | 2023 | |
| 37 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 34.4% | 2022 | |
| 38 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 34.2% | 2023 | |
| 39 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 34.0% | 2023 | |
| 40 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 33.9% | 2023 | |
| 41 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 33.7% | 2023 | |
| 42 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.4% | 2022 | |
| 43 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 33.4% | 2023 | |
| 44 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 33.3% | 2023 | |
| 45 | Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | 33.3% | 2019 | |
| 46 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 33.3% | 2023 | |
| 47 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 33.0% | 2023 | |
| 48 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 32.5% | 2022 | |
| 49 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 32.4% | 2023 | |
| 50 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 32.0% | 2023 | |
| 51 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 31.7% | 2021 | |
| 52 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 31.2% | 2022 | |
| 53 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 30.9% | 2020 | |
| 54 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 30.4% | 2022 | |
| 55 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 30.0% | 2023 | |
| 56 | Maldives | South Asia | 29.5% | 2021 | |
| 57 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.1% | 2023 | |
| 58 | Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 28.9% | 2022 | |
| 59 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 28.6% | 2023 | |
| 60 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 28.5% | 2023 | |
| 61 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 28.3% | 2023 | |
| 62 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 27.9% | 2023 | |
| 63 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 27.8% | 2023 | |
| 64 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 27.8% | 2023 | |
| 65 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 27.6% | 2019 | |
| 66 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 27.6% | 2022 | |
| 67 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 27.5% | 2020 | |
| 68 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Latin America & Caribbean | 26.7% | 2020 | |
| 69 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 26.7% | 2023 | |
| 70 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 26.6% | 2023 | |
| 71 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 26.6% | 2023 | |
| 72 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.5% | 2024 | |
| 73 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 26.2% | 2021 | |
| 74 | Bahrain | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 26.1% | 2020 | |
| 75 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.0% | 2022 | |
| 76 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 25.9% | 2023 | |
| 77 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 25.4% | 2023 | |
| 78 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 25.2% | 2023 | |
| 79 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 25.1% | 2021 | |
| 80 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 24.6% | 2021 | |
| 81 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 24.6% | 2023 | |
| 82 | United States | North America | 24.4% | 2023 | |
| 83 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 24.4% | 2020 | |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 24.2% | 2023 | |
| 85 | Bhutan | South Asia | 24.1% | 2020 | |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 23.7% | 2023 | |
| 87 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 23.6% | 2023 | |
| 88 | Micronesia | East Asia & Pacific | 23.4% | 2020 | |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 23.0% | 2022 | |
| 90 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 22.8% | 2021 | |
| 91 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.7% | 2022 | |
| 92 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 22.5% | 2023 | |
| 93 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 22.3% | 2023 | |
| 94 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 21.0% | 2023 | |
| 95 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 20.9% | 2023 | |
| 96 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 20.7% | 2023 | |
| 97 | Bahamas | Latin America & Caribbean | 20.3% | 2023 | |
| 98 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 20.3% | 2023 | |
| 99 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.2% | 2022 | |
| 100 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 20.1% | 2022 | |
| 101 | Macao | East Asia & Pacific | 19.6% | 2023 | |
| 102 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 19.6% | 2023 | |
| 103 | Nepal | South Asia | 19.4% | 2021 | |
| 104 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 19.2% | 2022 | |
| 105 | Canada | North America | 19.1% | 2023 | |
| 106 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 18.9% | 2023 | |
| 107 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 18.1% | 2023 | |
| 108 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 18.0% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.0% | 2023 | |
| 110 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.9% | 2023 | |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 17.4% | 2023 | |
| 112 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.1% | 2021 | |
| 113 | Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | 17.1% | 2023 | |
| 114 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 17.0% | 2023 | |
| 115 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 16.9% | 2023 | |
| 116 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 16.6% | 2023 | |
| 117 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 16.3% | 2024 | |
| 118 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 16.3% | 2023 | |
| 119 | Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 16.1% | 2021 | |
| 120 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 16.1% | 2023 | |
| 121 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 16.0% | 2023 | |
| 122 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 15.5% | 2023 | |
| 123 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.6% | 2019 | |
| 124 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.1% | 2021 | |
| 125 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 13.8% | 2019 | |
| 126 | India | South Asia | 13.7% | 2022 | |
| 127 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 13.5% | 2023 | |
| 128 | Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 12.9% | 2023 | |
| 129 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.4% | 2022 | |
| 130 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.4% | 2021 | |
| 131 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.3% | 2021 | |
| 132 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.2% | 2020 | |
| 133 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.7% | 2021 | |
| 134 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.0% | 2022 | |
| 135 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.0% | 2023 | |
| 136 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 11.0% | 2023 | |
| 137 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 10.3% | 2022 | |
| 138 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 8.3% | 2021 | |
| 139 | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.3% | 2023 | |
| 140 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 6.3% | 2021 | |
| 141 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.1% | 2023 | |
| 142 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.8% | 2023 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Expense (% of GDP)