List of countries by government spending as percentage of GDP
This article lists countries alphabetically, with total government expenditure as percentage of Gross domestic product (GDP) for the listed countries. Also stated is the government revenue and net lending/borrowing of the government as percentage of GDP. All Data is based on the World Economic Outlook Databook of the International Monetary Fund.
List of countries (2029)
The figures here are represented as a percentage of annual gross domestic product for the year 2022.[1][2]
Country | Government expenditure (% of GDP) | Government revenue (% of GDP) | Net lending/borrowing (% of GDP) |
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Afghanistan (2020) | 29.508 | 27.049 | -2.460 |
Albania | 31.390 | 27.618 | -3.772 |
Algeria | 31.223 | 33.377 | 2.154 |
Andorra | 35.971 | 37.142 | 1.171 |
Angola | 21.807 | 23.402 | 1.595 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 22.465 | 21.192 | -1.273 |
Argentina | 37.247 | 33.370 | -3.877 |
Armenia | 26.393 | 24.281 | -2.112 |
Aruba | 22.791 | 21.425 | -1.366 |
Australia | 38.431 | 35.129 | -3.302 |
Austria | 52.387 | 49.081 | -3.306 |
Azerbaijan | 29.464 | 35.563 | 6.100 |
Bahamas | 27.064 | 21.228 | -5.836 |
Bahrain | 29.115 | 23.467 | -5.649 |
Bangladesh | 12.586 | 8.738 | -3.848 |
Barbados | 31.242 | 29.058 | -2.184 |
Belarus | 36.822 | 31.961 | -4.861 |
Belgium | 53.670 | 49.350 | -4.321 |
Belize | 22.855 | 22.097 | -0.758 |
Benin | 19.510 | 13.925 | -5.585 |
Bhutan | 34.835 | 27.289 | -7.547 |
Bolivia | 36.309 | 29.005 | -7.304 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37.755 | 39.581 | 1.826 |
Botswana | 31.842 | 29.848 | -1.994 |
Brazil | 43.322 | 38.747 | -4.575 |
Brunei Darussalam | 25.034 | 25.301 | 0.267 |
Bulgaria | 38.242 | 37.428 | -0.815 |
Burkina Faso | 31.338 | 20.953 | -10.385 |
Burundi | 38.994 | 26.847 | -12.147 |
Cabo Verde | 28.161 | 23.699 | -4.462 |
Cambodia | 26.241 | 22.141 | -4.100 |
Cameroon | 17.960 | 16.119 | -1.842 |
Canada | 41.476 | 40.776 | -0.700 |
Central African Republic | 17.916 | 12.342 | -5.574 |
Chad | 16.593 | 21.738 | 5.145 |
Chile | 26.557 | 27.891 | 1.334 |
China | 33.081 | 25.537 | -7.544 |
Colombia | 34.238 | 27.562 | -6.675 |
Comoros | 17.632 | 13.926 | -3.706 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 18.757 | 17.186 | -1.570 |
Republic of Congo | 24.715 | 31.341 | 6.626 |
Costa Rica | 19.349 | 16.587 | -2.763 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 21.446 | 14.720 | -6.726 |
Croatia | 45.686 | 44.743 | -0.943 |
Cyprus | 39.859 | 42.118 | 2.259 |
Czech Republic | 44.842 | 41.249 | -3.593 |
Denmark | 49.189 | 51.667 | 2.478 |
Djibouti | 19.686 | 18.564 | -1.122 |
Dominica | 50.466 | 44.244 | -6.222 |
Dominican Republic | 18.791 | 15.451 | -3.340 |
Ecuador | 36.049 | 36.123 | 0.074 |
Egypt | 24.701 | 18.922 | -5.779 |
El Salvador | 28.996 | 26.489 | -2.507 |
Equatorial Guinea | 12.309 | 17.004 | 4.695 |
Eritrea | 37.948 | 36.695 | -1.253 |
Estonia | 40.186 | 39.032 | -1.154 |
Eswatini | 30.967 | 25.283 | -5.683 |
Ethiopia | 12.696 | 8.538 | -4.158 |
Fiji | 34.127 | 21.774 | -12.353 |
Finland | 54.050 | 52.186 | -1.864 |
France | 58.468 | 53.617 | -4.852 |
Gabon | 15.604 | 17.426 | 1.822 |
Gambia | 21.649 | 16.835 | -4.814 |
Georgia | 29.469 | 26.870 | -2.600 |
Germany | 49.704 | 47.084 | -2.620 |
Ghana | 25.557 | 15.630 | -9.927 |
Greece | 55.529 | 51.530 | -3.999 |
Grenada | 32.823 | 33.778 | 0.955 |
Guatemala | 14.570 | 12.837 | -1.732 |
Guinea | 13.830 | 13.097 | -0.732 |
Guinea-Bissau | 21.545 | 16.043 | -5.502 |
Guyana | 20.561 | 15.373 | -5.188 |
Haiti | 10.165 | 8.011 | -2.154 |
Honduras | 24.448 | 25.112 | 0.664 |
Hong Kong | 28.083 | 20.944 | -7.138 |
Hungary | 49.977 | 43.893 | -6.085 |
Iceland | 46.092 | 41.797 | -4.295 |
India | 28.795 | 19.201 | -9.595 |
Indonesia | 17.540 | 15.199 | -2.341 |
Iran | 12.291 | 8.266 | -4.025 |
Iraq | 35.029 | 41.425 | 6.396 |
Ireland | 22.111 | 23.312 | 1.201 |
Israel | 36.878 | 37.012 | 0.134 |
Italy | 56.825 | 48.788 | -8.037 |
Jamaica | 29.083 | 29.373 | 0.290 |
Japan | 44.012 | 36.192 | -7.820 |
Jordan | 33.064 | 26.135 | -6.929 |
Kazakhstan | 21.693 | 21.784 | 0.091 |
Kenya | 23.489 | 17.444 | -6.045 |
Kiribati | 111.193 | 91.362 | -19.831 |
South Korea | 27.899 | 26.975 | -0.924 |
Kosovo | 28.400 | 27.845 | -0.555 |
Kuwait | 40.675 | 52.243 | 11.568 |
Kyrgyz Republic | 39.875 | 38.526 | -1.349 |
Laos | 16.530 | 14.898 | -1.632 |
Latvia | 39.246 | 35.625 | -3.621 |
Lebanon (2020) | 16.028 | 19.552 | -3.525 |
Lesotho | 47.835 | 44.461 | -3.374 |
Liberia | 29.877 | 22.944 | -6.934 |
Libya | 60.361 | 63.445 | 3.084 |
Lithuania | 36.591 | 35.751 | -0.840 |
Luxembourg | 43.328 | 43.086 | -0.242 |
Macao | 60.949 | 25.004 | -35.945 |
Madagascar | 20.334 | 13.570 | -6.764 |
Malawi | 24.390 | 14.031 | -10.359 |
Malaysia | 24.271 | 18.970 | -5.300 |
Maldives | 41.728 | 29.713 | -12.015 |
Mali | 24.726 | 19.912 | -4.813 |
Malta | 40.915 | 35.644 | -5.270 |
Marshall Islands | 63.272 | 60.470 | -2.802 |
Mauritania | 25.554 | 24.419 | -1.134 |
Mauritius | 27.066 | 23.849 | -3.217 |
Mexico | 30.226 | 25.796 | -4.430 |
Micronesia | 66.429 | 68.025 | 1.596 |
Moldova | 36.778 | 33.520 | -3.258 |
Mongolia | 34.383 | 35.169 | 0.786 |
Montenegro | 42.670 | 38.088 | -4.582 |
Morocco | 31.047 | 25.933 | -5.114 |
Mozambique | 34.385 | 29.156 | -5.228 |
Myanmar | 18.439 | 13.246 | -5.193 |
Namibia | 37.312 | 30.055 | -7.257 |
Nauru | 129.806 | 155.904 | 26.098 |
Nepal | 26.778 | 23.477 | -3.302 |
Netherlands | 44.559 | 43.518 | -1.041 |
New Zealand | 43.170 | 38.989 | -4.180 |
Nicaragua | 29.015 | 27.039 | -1.976 |
Niger | 21.908 | 15.031 | -6.877 |
Nigeria | 14.270 | 8.789 | -5.481 |
North Macedonia | 34.864 | 30.428 | -4.436 |
Norway | 38.507 | 60.920 | 22.413 |
Oman | 29.045 | 35.364 | 6.319 |
Pakistan | 19.865 | 12.064 | -7.801 |
Palau | 52.007 | 41.880 | -10.127 |
Panama | 22.771 | 18.839 | -3.932 |
Papua New Guinea | 21.231 | 15.795 | -5.436 |
Paraguay | 24.669 | 20.180 | -4.488 |
Peru | 23.092 | 21.768 | -1.324 |
Philippines | 26.814 | 21.578 | -5.237 |
Poland | 44.107 | 40.999 | -3.108 |
Portugal | 45.696 | 43.750 | -1.946 |
Puerto Rico | 20.109 | 21.858 | 1.749 |
Qatar | 25.428 | 39.626 | 14.198 |
Romania | 36.751 | 30.985 | -5.765 |
Russia | 36.559 | 34.312 | -2.248 |
Rwanda | 31.741 | 25.216 | -6.525 |
Samoa | 33.140 | 38.513 | 5.373 |
San Marino | 24.570 | 22.015 | -2.554 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 23.760 | 31.876 | 8.115 |
Saudi Arabia | 28.059 | 30.570 | 2.511 |
Senegal | 26.873 | 20.744 | -6.129 |
Serbia | 43.526 | 43.377 | -0.148 |
Seychelles | 32.857 | 31.881 | -0.976 |
Sierra Leone | 30.221 | 19.316 | -10.905 |
Singapore | 15.412 | 15.853 | 0.441 |
Slovakia | 44.280 | 40.735 | -3.545 |
Slovenia | 46.340 | 43.086 | -3.255 |
Solomon Islands | 33.540 | 29.418 | -4.122 |
Somalia | 8.820 | 8.850 | 0.029 |
South Africa | 32.185 | 27.700 | -4.485 |
South Sudan | 28.904 | 29.796 | 0.892 |
Spain | 47.822 | 43.355 | -4.467 |
Sri Lanka | 18.881 | 8.494 | -10.386 |
St. Kitts and Nevis | 54.790 | 51.561 | -3.229 |
St. Lucia | 26.077 | 22.535 | -3.542 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 35.175 | 27.619 | -7.556 |
Sudan | 12.211 | 10.065 | -2.146 |
Suriname | 31.561 | 28.039 | -3.521 |
Sweden | 46.793 | 47.463 | 0.670 |
Switzerland | 33.610 | 33.816 | 0.206 |
Syria | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Taiwan | 16.074 | 15.577 | -0.496 |
Tajikistan | 28.883 | 27.520 | -1.363 |
Tanzania | 18.253 | 14.974 | -3.280 |
Thailand | 25.583 | 20.058 | -5.525 |
Timor-Leste | 53.050 | 26.404 | -26.647 |
Togo | 25.159 | 17.818 | -7.341 |
Tonga | 45.946 | 45.235 | -0.711 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 28.962 | 29.310 | 0.348 |
Tunisia | 34.921 | 28.310 | -6.611 |
Turkey | 28.042 | 26.406 | -1.635 |
Turkmenistan | 10.037 | 10.903 | 0.865 |
Tuvalu | 112.354 | 123.626 | 11.272 |
Uganda | 20.710 | 14.932 | -5.778 |
Ukraine | 69.920 | 53.238 | -16.681 |
United Arab Emirates | 26.404 | 35.401 | 8.997 |
United Kingdom | 45.144 | 38.884 | -6.260 |
United States | 38.500 | 32.992 | -5.509 |
Uruguay | 29.466 | 26.920 | -2.546 |
Uzbekistan | 33.381 | 29.441 | -3.940 |
Vanuatu | 44.665 | 38.063 | -6.602 |
Venezuela | 11.985 | 5.964 | -6.022 |
Vietnam | 20.743 | 18.267 | -2.476 |
West Bank and Gaza | 28.507 | 27.566 | -0.941 |
Yemen | 12.732 | 10.940 | -1.792 |
Zambia | 28.689 | 20.828 | -7.862 |
Zimbabwe | 18.069 | 15.956 | -2.113 |
Historical Development
Development of government spending as percentage of GDP of different countries.[3][4]
Country | 1850 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 |
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Algeria | 25.71 | 28.57 | 36.89 | 37.98 | |||||||||||||
Argentina | 8.56 | 8.04 | 7.73 | 8.25 | 8.92 | 4.62 | 9.40 | 8.80 | 11.20 | 11.30 | 12.05 | 15.17 | 10.99 | 28.21 | 38.76 | 41.64 | |
Australia | 2.66 | 7.69 | 5.47 | 7.07 | 12.22 | 21.83 | 25.32 | 33.21 | 36.10 | 35.63 | 37.16 | 44.98 | |||||
Austria | 11.36 | 13.45 | 15.59 | 17.33 | 19.80 | 36.36 | 36.29 | 39.54 | 50.01 | 51.51 | 51.94 | 52.53 | 57.90 | ||||
Bangladesh | 15.03 | 12.50 | 13.24 | 14.59 | 15.03 | ||||||||||||
Belgium | 4.80 | 6.18 | 8.74 | 9.90 | 10.78 | 19.09 | 22.85 | 23.75 | 42.66 | 54.89 | 52.31 | 49.08 | 52.94 | 60.80 | |||
Brazil | 24.19 | 25.70 | 15.50 | 13.00 | 12.52 | 11.21 | 10.81 | 8.70 | 13.71 | 11.40 | 6.80 | 35.29 | 40.40 | 42.73 | |||
Canada | 4.94 | 6.76 | 5.68 | 6.12 | 6.01 | 10.45 | 7.72 | 18.61 | 14.99 | 14.93 | 36.03 | 41.55 | 48.80 | 41.11 | 43.82 | 52.45 | |
Chile | 5.63 | 8.02 | 8.42 | 14.21 | 11.63 | 12.81 | 8.76 | 13.89 | 12.43 | 14.93 | 19.73 | 21.09 | 23.84 | 18.95 | 23.87 | 25.15 | 28.97 |
China | 20.98 | 17.05 | 22.67 | 36.98 | |||||||||||||
Colombia | 5.90 | 4.40 | 4.90 | 6.10 | 5.60 | 6.70 | 10.00 | 9.60 | 9.40 | 26.41 | 27.47 | 33.44 | |||||
Denmark | 8.82 | 6.87 | 5.96 | 6.45 | 7.21 | 6.90 | 12.19 | 10.05 | 16.42 | 24.39 | 52.66 | 55.41 | 53.67 | 58.47 | 55.08 | ||
Ethiopia | 13.20 | 20.40 | 25.78 | 18.63 | 14.47 | ||||||||||||
Finland | 6.17 | 6.80 | 11.73 | 15.26 | 19.75 | 48.95 | 23.88 | 22.47 | 21.85 | 40.15 | 48.15 | 48.26 | 55.11 | 56.72 | |||
France | 13.24 | 13.24 | 11.36 | 11.42 | 10.56 | 18.65 | 24.12 | 22.18 | 20.50 | 45.96 | 49.58 | 51.69 | 56.63 | 62.40 | |||
Germany | 10.31 | 16.32 | 17.85 | 19.47 | 16.34 | 27.17 | 22.94 | 39.46 | 48.23 | 44.73 | 45.10 | 47.87 | 51.09 | ||||
Ghana | 12.17 | 11.19 | 11.85 | 20.10 | 24.11 | 28.28 | |||||||||||
Greece | 23.55 | 25.70 | 19.75 | 19.65 | 26.00 | 27.09 | 19.95 | 25.17 | 27.66 | 45.21 | 47.12 | 50.24 | 58.19 | ||||
India | 6.26 | 7.34 | 6.87 | 7.18 | 5.96 | 6.43 | 5.54 | 5.33 | 5.31 | 11.23 | 11.72 | 17.48 | 27.23 | 26.99 | 27.32 | 30.98 | |
Indonesia | 14.42 | 13.80 | 22.09 | 15.84 | 16.64 | 18.27 | 18.23 | ||||||||||
Iran | 35.76 | 21.95 | 18.04 | 21.75 | 17.95 | ||||||||||||
Ireland | 19.52 | 25.90 | 29.14 | 44.13 | 53.71 | 42.81 | 31.18 | 65.05 | 28.71 | ||||||||
Israel | 18.79 | 30.38 | 41.55 | 69.40 | 46.79 | 51.40 | 45.43 | 46.40 | |||||||||
Italy | 9.85 | 11.10 | 14.35 | 12.58 | 13.89 | 18.79 | 14.16 | 38.11 | 17.28 | 16.49 | 32.32 | 40.79 | 52.86 | 45.86 | 50.28 | 57.25 | |
Japan | 0.86 | 0.78 | 1.01 | 3.12 | 1.93 | 2.89 | 3.99 | 15.86 | 18.35 | 20.25 | 33.45 | 30.05 | 37.28 | 39.83 | 46.67 | ||
Kenya | 22.94 | 20.53 | 30.14 | 25.70 | |||||||||||||
Korea, South | 17.88 | 17.50 | 16.77 | 15.15 | 17.95 | 21.21 | 25.63 | ||||||||||
Malaysia | 36.13 | 27.92 | 26.28 | 25.41 | |||||||||||||
Mexico | 4.71 | 3.65 | 4.11 | 5.98 | 7.39 | 8.78 | 9.50 | 10.94 | 17.54 | 16.57 | 21.11 | 26.28 | 29.12 | ||||
Morocco | 28.57 | 25.85 | 31.91 | 36.31 | |||||||||||||
Netherlands | 9.60 | 13.93 | 10.99 | 10.24 | 8.69 | 23.97 | 20.39 | 43.20 | 55.20 | 54.91 | 44.17 | 51.19 | 46.90 | ||||
Norway | 6.83 | 9.90 | 8.61 | 8.64 | 8.59 | 18.05 | 17.97 | 38.91 | 46.13 | 53.31 | 42.30 | 45.92 | 58.15 | ||||
Pakistan | 5.55 | 10.00 | 23.56 | 21.98 | 23.92 | 18.59 | 20.26 | 23.12 | |||||||||
Peru | 3.59 | 4.39 | 4.47 | 7.04 | 6.65 | 11.33 | 13.33 | 14.35 | 19.32 | 20.36 | 20.53 | 20.40 | 26.38 | ||||
Philippines | 7.23 | 10.08 | 10.45 | 13.42 | 18.00 | 18.67 | 16.88 | 25.11 | |||||||||
Poland | 21.64 | 39.20 | 25.83 | 41.08 | 45.37 | 48.95 | |||||||||||
Portugal | 6.74 | 8.03 | 6.98 | 7.55 | 12.12 | 7.87 | 10.31 | 9.81 | 14.25 | 15.52 | 32.36 | 38.50 | 41.13 | 51.35 | 48.12 | ||
Romania | 28.15 | 33.63 | 38.56 | 40.90 | 38.81 | ||||||||||||
Russia | 13.09 | 15.63 | 23.82 | 12.65 | 5.49 | 6.11 | 32.84 | 38.50 | 38.78 | ||||||||
South Africa | 18.53 | 18.77 | 28.31 | 19.25 | 16.65 | 20.05 | 21.84 | 28.70 | 25.86 | 32.99 | 40.11 | ||||||
Spain | 7.46 | 15.29 | 8.68 | 9.24 | 8.52 | 9.95 | 12.12 | 10.55 | 19.65 | 11.67 | 11.02 | 12.25 | 16.34 | 32.75 | 39.19 | 45.62 | 52.26 |
Sweden | 5.09 | 5.96 | 6.77 | 6.84 | 7.23 | 8.48 | 7.63 | 8.73 | 22.73 | 18.28 | 24.43 | 29.51 | 41.02 | 37.96 | 55.09 | 52.89 | 53.06 |
Switzerland | 4.03 | 4.15 | 4.29 | 18.14 | 8.58 | 7.11 | 25.75 | 29.93 | 30.30 | 35.10 | 34.17 | 36.26 | |||||
Taiwan | 24.84 | 28.69 | 25.60 | 22.13 | 19.04 | ||||||||||||
Thailand | 9.06 | 12.07 | 17.57 | 18.73 | 16.56 | 19.06 | 23.03 | 25.31 | |||||||||
Turkey | 15.15 | 15.57 | 22.69 | 25.46 | 14.07 | 37.71 | 35.55 | 34.63 | |||||||||
United Kingdom | 10.29 | 7.03 | 6.21 | 6.80 | 10.77 | 8.18 | 20.96 | 18.67 | 28.38 | 33.15 | 33.14 | 42.00 | 47.63 | 41.11 | 36.76 | 50.56 | 50.27 |
United States | 1.56 | 3.80 | 2.24 | 2.19 | 2.70 | 2.19 | 7.30 | 3.64 | 8.94 | 13.44 | 28.29 | 32.30 | 34.29 | 37.20 | 33.88 | 42.46 | 46.18 |
Venezuela | 8.58 | 10.47 | 14.17 | 16.00 | 23.67 | 19.48 | 21.97 | 31.93 | 28.29 | 36.95 | 10.93 | ||||||
1850 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 |
See also
- List of countries by government budget
- List of countries by government budget per capita
- List of countries by tax revenue to GDP ratio
Europe:
- List of sovereign states in Europe by budget revenues
- List of sovereign states in Europe by budget revenues per capita
United States:
References
- ^ "World Economic Outlook Database". IMF. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ^ "Korea's data is from Bank of Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ^ "Government expenditure, percent of GDP". www.imf.org. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ^ Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban; Roser, Max (2016-10-18). "Government Spending". Our World in Data.
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