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 (2024)

The figures here are represented as a percentage of annual gross domestic product for the year 2024.[1]

Country Government revenue
(% of GDP) 		Government expenditure
(% of GDP) 		Net lending/borrowing
(% of GDP)
 Afghanistan (2023) 15.529 16.887 -1.189
 Albania 28.625 30.819 -2.194
 Algeria 29.2 38.48 -9.281
 Andorra 38.406 36.702 1.704
 Angola 18.014 16.441 1.573
 Antigua and Barbuda 17.36 18.471 -1.111
 Argentina 31.924 32.012 -0.088
 Armenia 25.159 29.912 -4.753
 Aruba 23.598 21.248 2.35
 Australia 36.352 38.014 -1.661
 Austria 50.005 53.373 -3.369
 Azerbaijan 33.806 32.777 1.03
 Bahamas 21.085 22.366 -1.28
 Bahrain 20.683 28.336 -7.654
 Bangladesh 8.838 13.479 -4.641
 Barbados 26.047 27.637 -1.59
 Belarus 42.024 40.929 1.095
 Belgium 50.488 55.146 -4.659
 Belize 22.98 23.889 -0.909
 Benin 15.247 18.947 -3.7
 Bhutan 24.202 28.808 -4.606
 Bolivia 26.948 37.384 -10.436
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 41.458 43.931 -2.472
 Botswana 28.272 34.193 -5.921
 Brazil 39.304 46.235 -6.931
 Brunei Darussalam 19.664 29.587 -9.924
 Bulgaria 36.545 39.475 -2.93
 Burkina Faso 21.845 27.535 -5.69
 Burundi 23.035 30.418 -7.382
 Cabo Verde 26.903 29.785 -2.882
 Cambodia 15.028 17.305 -2.277
 Cameroon 16.027 16.485 -0.458
 Canada 41.274 43.256 -1.982
 Central African Republic 14.766 17.842 -3.076
 Chad 16.592 17.339 -0.747
 Chile 24.716 27.039 -2.323
 China 26.426 33.858 -7.432
 Colombia 28.788 33.18 -4.393
 Comoros 17.605 20.398 -2.793
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 15.186 17.206 -2.02
 Republic of Congo 26.23 22.413 3.817
 Costa Rica 14.903 18.613 -3.71
 Côte d'Ivoire 16.758 20.808 -4.049
 Croatia 46.204 48.728 -2.525
 Cyprus 44.256 41.115 3.142
 Czech Republic 41.472 44.344 -2.872
 Denmark 49.561 47.768 1.793
 Djibouti 17.387 21.859 -4.472
 Dominica 60.171 62.67 -2.499
 Dominican Republic 16.327 19.381 -3.054
 Ecuador 38.591 40.588 -1.996
 Egypt 16.638 26.779 -10.142
 El Salvador 26.509 30.992 -4.483
 Equatorial Guinea 21.558 18.565 2.993
 Eritrea (2019) 33.973 31.256 4.479
 Estonia 41.988 44.963 -2.975
 Eswatini 29.106 30.809 -1.704
 Ethiopia 7.721 9.421 -1.7
 Fiji 27.538 31.908 -4.37
 Finland 53.094 56.769 -3.676
 France 51.273 57.236 -5.963
 Gabon 19.52 23.409 -3.889
 Gambia 20.075 22.804 -2.73
 Georgia 28.192 30.695 -2.503
 Germany 46.166 48.169 -2.003
 Ghana 16.914 21.635 -4.721
 Greece 47.586 48.593 -1.007
 Grenada 41.292 39.56 1.732
 Guatemala 12.435 13.527 -1.092
 Guinea 13.747 16.747 -3
 Guinea-Bissau 15.789 19.579 -3.79
 Guyana 17.729 23.964 -6.235
 Haiti 11.681 4.608 7.073
 Honduras 25.52 27.035 -1.515
 Hong Kong 19.633 24.094 -4.461
 Hungary 43.747 48.699 -4.952
 Iceland 43.553 46.659 -3.106
 India 21.258 29.04 -7.782
 Indonesia 14.268 16.93 -2.662
 Iran 11.585 14.67 -3.085
 Iraq 43.428 48.433 -5.005
 Ireland 27.705 23.948 3.757
 Israel 34.872 43.915 -9.042
 Italy 46.616 50.61 -3.995
 Jamaica 31.135 30.844 0.291
 Japan 36.104 42.198 -6.094
 Jordan 25.965 33.517 -7.552
 Kazakhstan 19.767 22.1 -2.333
 Kenya 17.542 22.579 -5.037
 Kiribati 103.192 125.58 -22.388
 South Korea 22.115 22.642 -0.526
 Kosovo 29.549 30.853 -1.304
 Kuwait 75.281 49.721 25.56
 Kyrgyz Republic 35.82 35.321 0.499
 Laos 16.531 17.03 -0.499
 Latvia 38.673 42.115 -3.442
 Lebanon 12.884 13.276 0.365
 Lesotho 63.52 58.357 5.163
 Liberia 19.797 22.228 -2.431
 Libya 63.786 68.566 -4.781
 Lithuania 38.743 40.351 -1.608
 Luxembourg 47.002 48.303 -1.301
 Macao 26.926 24.929 1.997
 Madagascar 12.979 16.738 -3.759
 Malawi 21.282 29.308 -8.026
 Malaysia 18.201 21.795 -3.594
 Maldives 31.273 49.15 -17.877
 Mali 22.372 25.972 -3.6
 Malta 31.298 35.285 -3.987
 Marshall Islands 71.252 70.998 0.253
 Mauritania 24.19 25.374 -1.184
 Mauritius 26.306 29.195 -2.889
 Mexico 24.248 30.148 -5.9
 Micronesia 64.131 62.865 1.266
 Moldova 32.426 37.467 -5.042
 Mongolia 37.641 37.243 0.398
 Montenegro 41.454 44.516 -3.062
 Morocco 28.667 32.939 -4.273
 Mozambique 28.254 32.501 -4.247
 Myanmar 17.562 23.353 -5.79
 Namibia 35.697 38.341 -2.644
 Nauru 153.932 123.745 30.187
   Nepal 19.312 23.997 -4.685
 Netherlands 42.606 44.158 -1.553
 New Zealand 38.435 42.28 -3.845
 Nicaragua 29.022 28.721 0.301
 Niger 12.187 16.251 -4.064
 Nigeria 13.546 18.097 -4.551
 North Macedonia 35.507 40.492 -4.985
 Norway 58.141 46.158 11.983
 Oman 32.054 27.039 5.015
 Pakistan 12.562 19.309 -6.747
 Palau 55.471 51.869 3.602
 Panama 17.688 21.947 -4.26
 Papua New Guinea 18.306 22.223 -3.917
 Paraguay 18.63 20.964 -2.334
 Peru 19.236 22.446 -3.21
 Philippines 20.451 24.321 -3.871
 Poland 43.367 49.023 -5.656
 Portugal 43.463 43.247 0.217
 Puerto Rico 22.425 22.955 -0.53
 Qatar 27.498 25.517 1.981
 Romania 31.463 39.249 -7.786
 Russia 35.446 37.317 -1.871
 Rwanda 22.642 29.919 -7.277
 Samoa 33.865 32.52 1.345
 San Marino 20.017 21.824 -1.808
 São Tomé and Príncipe 25.829 21.851 3.978
 Saudi Arabia 29.685 32.719 -3.034
 Senegal 20.872 28.38 -7.508
 Serbia 43.799 46.388 -2.589
 Seychelles 33.853 35.227 -1.374
 Sierra Leone 12.552 15.447 -2.895
 Singapore 18.45 13.959 4.49
 Slovakia 40.936 46.821 -5.885
 Slovenia 45.168 47.753 -2.585
 Solomon Islands 29.368 31.581 -2.213
 Somalia 7.198 7.352 -0.154
 South Africa 26.956 33.185 -6.229
 South Sudan 29.671 23.844 5.827
 Spain 41.862 44.816 -2.954
 Sri Lanka 8.364 18.586 -3.718
 St. Kitts and Nevis 37.468 41.594 -4.126
 St. Lucia 22.271 24.725 -2.454
 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 28.597 38.632 -10.035
 Sudan 3.652 6.41 -2.757
 Suriname 26.073 26.648 -0.575
 Sweden 47.035 48.207 -1.172
  Switzerland 32.15 31.554 0.596
 Syria n/a n/a n/a
 Taiwan 16.818 17.586 -0.768
 Tajikistan 27.256 29.712 -2.457
 Tanzania 16.055 18.959 -2.904
 Thailand 20.891 23.321 -2.43
 Timor-Leste 47.026 88.157 -41.131
 Togo 18.987 23.862 -4.876
 Tonga 52.455 49.003 3.452
 Trinidad and Tobago 23.989 30.715 -6.726
 Tunisia 28.536 34.485 -5.949
 Türkiye 29.154 34.344 -5.19
 Turkmenistan 11.723 10.882 0.841
 Tuvalu 99.56 103.465 -3.905
 Uganda 14.796 19.724 -4.928
 Ukraine 45.109 63.847 -18.738
 United Arab Emirates 28.293 23.491 4.802
 United Kingdom 39.13 43.38 -4.25
 United States 29.897 37.526 -7.629
 Uruguay 28.526 31.516 -2.99
 Uzbekistan 25.171 28.713 -3.542
 Vanuatu 32.489 39.209 -6.72
 Venezuela (2023) 10.824 15.042 -3.281
 Vietnam 17.624 20.205 -2.582
 West Bank and Gaza (2023) 29.842 30.818 n/a
 Yemen 7.393 10.931 -3.539
 Zambia 21.386 27.483 -6.098
 Zimbabwe 15.624 26.028 -10.404

Historical Development

Development of government spending as percentage of GDP of different countries.[2][3]

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
1850 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020

See also

Europe:

United States:

References

  1. ^ "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2024". IMF. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  2. ^ "Government expenditure, percent of GDP". www.imf.org. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  3. ^ Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban; Roser, Max (2016-10-18). "Government Spending". Our World in Data.
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