List of countries by government spending as percentage of GDP

Last updated June 03, 2023

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 (2022)

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)
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
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
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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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[1] "World Economic Outlook Database". IMF. Retrieved 2023-04-19.

[2] "Korea's data is from Bank of Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-08-02.

[3] "Government expenditure, percent of GDP". www.imf.org. Retrieved 2019-11-02.

[4] Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban; Roser, Max (2016-10-18). "Government Spending". Our World in Data.

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List of countries (2022)

Historical Development

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