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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 (2018)Edit

The figures here are represented as a percentage of annual gross domestic product for the year 2018.[1][2]

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Country Government expenditure
(% of GDP) 		Government revenue
(% of GDP) 		Net lending/borrowing
(% of GDP)
  Afghanistan 27.028 28.554 1.526
  Albania 29.265 27.634 −1.631
  Algeria 38.138 33.325 −4.812
  Angola 19.695 21.883 2.189
  Antigua and Barbuda 24.909 20.660 −4.249
  Argentina 38.896 33.672 −5.225
  Armenia 23.476 21.649 −1.827
  Aruba 27.900 25.680 −2.220
  Australia 36.662 35.843 −0.818
  Austria 48.494 48.600 0.106
  Azerbaijan 33.146 38.754 5.609
  Bahamas, The 19.998 16.609 −3.390
  Bahrain 33.710 21.796 −11.915
  Bangladesh 14.302 9.661 −4.641
  Barbados 29.578 29.278 −0.299
  Belarus 37.470 39.880 2.410
  Belgium 52.380 51.693 −0.687
  Belize 31.322 30.338 −0.984
  Benin 16.554 13.580 −2.974
  Bhutan 31.951 30.000 −1.951
  Bolivia 37.094 28.951 −8.143
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 41.040 42.765 1.725
  Botswana 31.226 28.180 −3.046
  Brazil 38.491 31.260 −7.231
  Brunei 32.155 28.596 −3.559
  Bulgaria 34.953 35.080 0.127
  Burkina Faso 27.235 22.243 −4.992
  Burundi 22.325 13.715 −8.611
  Cape Verde 31.031 28.212 −2.818
  Cambodia 24.624 23.796 -0.829
  Cameroon 18.546 16.055 −2.492
  Canada 40.655 40.264 −0.392
  Central African Republic 16.267 16.638 0.371
  Chad 13.332 15.265 1.933
  Chile 25.363 23.898 −1.465
  China 34.094 29.274 −4.820
  Colombia 28.102 25.404 −2.698
  Comoros 16.365 15.331 −1.034
  Congo, Democratic Republic of 11.162 11.562 0.399
  Congo, Republic of 22.561 29.156 6.595
  Costa Rica 19.685 13.653 −6.032
  Côte d'Ivoire 23.828 19.878 −3.950
  Croatia 46.440 46.639 0.199
  Cyprus 44.462 39.689 −4.774
  Czech Republic 40.599 41.489 0.890
  Denmark 51.302 51.812 0.510
  Djibouti 26.721 23.854 −2.868
  Dominica 57.801 44.914 −12.887
  Dominican Republic 16.493 14.191 −2.302
  Ecuador 37.054 35.854 −1.200
  Egypt 30.107 20.697 −9.410
  El Salvador 24.095 21.565 −2.530
  Equatorial Guinea 18.464 18.970 0.506
  Eritrea 27.069 37.932 10.862
  Estonia 38.970 38.509 −0.462
  Eswatini 35.236 24.777 −10.459
  Ethiopia 16.083 13.057 −3.026
  European Union 44.704 45.284 −0.580
  Fiji 32.637 27.123 −5.515
  Finland 53.476 52.806 −0.670
  France 56.039 53.510 −2.529
  Gabon 17.085 16.873 −0.211
  Gambia 21.632 15.435 −6.197
  Georgia 29.518 28.631 −0.887
  Germany 44.567 46.434 1.867
  Ghana 21.451 14.479 −6.972
  Greece 46.715 47.673 0.958
  Grenada 22.026 26.544 4.519
  Guatemala 12.325 10.566 −1.759
  Guinea 15.714 14.644 −1.070
  Guinea-Bissau 21.198 16.013 −5.185
  Guyana 34.340 30.797 −3.543
  Haiti 19.255 17.268 −1.987
  Honduras 26.493 26.691 0.198
  Hong Kong 18.330 20.672 2.342
  Hungary 46.470 44.249 −2.221
  Iceland 41.534 42.627 1.093
  India 26.175 19.776 −6.400
  Indonesia 16.644 14.892 −1.752
  Iran 18.238 15.772 −2.466
  Iraq 31.954 39.843 7.890
  Ireland 25.307 25.321 0.014
  Israel 39.413 36.157 −3.256
  Italy 48.584 46.450 −2.135
  Jamaica 29.437 30.617 1.181
  Japan 37.070 33.857 −3.213
  Jordan 30.897 26.146 −4.751
  Kazakhstan 19.544 22.219 2.675
  Kenya 25.470 18.108 −7.362
  Kiribati 154.145 151.635 −2.510
  Korea, South 42.500 45.100 2.6
  Kosovo 28.979 26.117 −2.863
  Kuwait 49.384 58.074 8.690
  Kyrgyzstan 34.112 32.801 −1.311
  Laos 19.910 15.490 −4.420
  Latvia 37.590 36.861 −0.730
  Lebanon 31.482 20.477 −11.005
  Lesotho 46.539 41.390 −5.149
  Liberia 32.428 27.001 −5.427
  Libya 86.852 63.297 −23.555
  Lithuania 33.237 33.900 0.663
  Luxembourg 43.109 45.518 2.409
  Macau, China 18.787 33.966 15.179
  Madagascar 16.333 14.810 −1.522
  Malawi 29.138 23.632 −5.506
  Malaysia 22.703 19.116 −3.586
  Maldives 31.000 26.446 −4.553
  Mali 20.188 15.474 −4.714
  Malta 36.777 38.813 2.037
  Marshall Islands 62.833 65.170 2.337
  Mauritania 27.093 30.411 3.318
  Mauritius 24.771 22.543 −2.228
  Mexico 25.669 23.471 −2.199
  Federated States of Micronesia 69.085 96.420 27.335
  Moldova 31.562 30.505 −1.057
  Mongolia 28.738 31.354 2.616
  Montenegro 47.689 41.389 −6.301
  Morocco 29.761 26.045 −3.717
  Mozambique 31.157 25.959 −5.198
  Myanmar 20.377 17.748 −2.628
  Namibia 34.015 29.095 −4.921
  Nauru 107.699 137.287 29.589
    Nepal 31.924 25.273 −6.651
  Netherlands 42.054 43.545 1.491
  New Zealand 36.666 37.450 0.784
  Nicaragua 27.304 24.221 −3.084
  Niger 29.157 25.012 −4.145
  Nigeria 13.037 8.514 −4.523
  North Macedonia 30.293 28.536 −1.757
  Norway 48.003 55.256 7.253
  Oman 45.391 37.446 −7.944
  Pakistan 21.631 15.209 −6.422
  Palau 38.179 44.706 6.527
  Panama 21.726 19.736 −1.990
  Papua New Guinea 22.443 18.528 −3.915
  Paraguay 19.032 17.723 −1.309
  Peru 21.409 19.421 −1.987
  Philippines 21.768 20.218 −1.550
  Poland 41.549 41.171 −0.378
  Portugal 43.467 43.019 −0.448
  Puerto Rico 24.340 21.581 −2.759
  Qatar 29.602 34.889 5.287
  Romania 32.228 29.384 −2.844
  Russia 32.617 35.539 2.923
  Rwanda 26.730 24.122 −2.607
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 33.450 38.394 4.944
  Saint Lucia 25.044 23.616 −1.428
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 30.272 28.243 −2.029
  Samoa 34.187 34.254 0.067
  San Marino 25.669 22.936 −2.734
  São Tomé and Príncipe 25.598 23.745 −1.852
  Saudi Arabia 36.575 30.704 −5.871
  Senegal 22.209 18.591 −3.618
  Serbia 40.795 41.608 0.813
  Seychelles 37.385 37.579 0.194
  Sierra Leone 21.524 15.743 −5.781
  Singapore 14.621 18.231 3.609
  Slovakia 40.627 39.929 −0.698
  Slovenia 39.489 40.638 1.149
  Solomon Islands 44.900 45.553 0.653
  South Africa 33.444 29.020 −4.424
  South Sudan 32.750 33.998 1.248
  Spain 41.343 38.861 −2.481
  Sri Lanka 18.638 13.373 −5.265
  Sudan 15.133 7.471 −7.662
  Suriname 31.249 24.089 −7.160
  Sweden 48.406 49.293 0.887
   Switzerland 32.431 33.728 1.297
  Taiwan 17.868 16.012 −1.856
  Tajikistan 31.869 29.088 −2.781
  Tanzania 16.517 14.635 −1.882
  Thailand 21.604 21.352 −0.252
  Timor-Leste 48.893 33.731 −15.161
  Togo 24.668 23.893 −0.775
  Tonga 43.101 42.332 −0.769
  Trinidad and Tobago 31.274 25.785 −5.490
  Tunisia 30.686 26.127 −4.559
  Turkey 34.611 31.527 −3.084
  Turkmenistan 13.736 13.520 −0.215
  Tuvalu 111.037 136.859 25.822
  Uganda 20.119 15.958 −4.160
  Ukraine 41.741 39.590 −2.151
  United Arab Emirates 30.084 31.274 1.189
  United Kingdom 38.273 36.888 −1.385
  United States 35.140 29.458 −5.682
  Uruguay 33.208 31.183 −2.025
  Uzbekistan 25.650 27.890 2.241
  Vanuatu 30.708 35.497 4.788
  Venezuela 34.723 4.168 −30.556
  Vietnam 28.841 24.490 −4.351
  Yemen 12.142 5.849 −6.293
  Zambia 27.378 19.127 −8.251
  Zimbabwe 17.518 13.054 −4.464

Historical DevelopmentEdit

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
Algeria 25.71 28.57 36.89
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
Australia 2.66 7.69 5.47 7.07 12.22 21.83 25.32 33.21 36.10 35.63 37.16
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
Bangladesh 15.03 12.50 13.24 14.59
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
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
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
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
China 20.98 17.05 22.67
Colombia 5.90 4.40 4.90 6.10 5.60 6.70 10.00 9.60 9.40 26.41 27.47
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
Ethiopia 13.20 20.40 25.78 18.63
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
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
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
Ghana 12.17 11.19 11.85 20.10 24.11
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
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
Indonesia 14.42 13.80 22.09 15.84 16.64 18.27
Iran 35.76 21.95 18.04 21.75
Ireland 19.52 25.90 29.14 44.13 53.71 42.81 31.18 65.05
Israel 18.79 30.38 41.55 69.40 46.79 51.40 45.43
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
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
Kenya 22.94 20.53 30.14
Korea, South 17.88 17.50 16.77 15.15 17.95 21.21
Malaysia 36.13 27.92 26.28
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
Morocco 28.57 25.85 31.91
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
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
Pakistan 5.55 10.00 23.56 21.98 23.92 18.59 20.26
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
Philippines 7.23 10.08 10.45 13.42 18.00 18.67 16.88
Poland 21.64 39.20 25.83 41.08 45.37
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
Romania 28.15 33.63 38.56 40.90
Russia 13.09 15.63 23.82 12.65 5.49 6.11 32.84 38.50
South Africa 18.53 18.77 28.31 19.25 16.65 20.05 21.84 28.70 25.86 32.99
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
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
Switzerland 4.03 4.15 4.29 18.14 8.58 7.11 25.75 29.93 30.30 35.10 34.17
Taiwan 24.84 28.69 25.60 22.13
Thailand 9.06 12.07 17.57 18.73 16.56 19.06 23.03
Turkey 15.15 15.57 22.69 25.46 14.07 37.71 35.55
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
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
Venezuela 8.58 10.47 14.17 16.00 23.67 19.48 21.97 31.93 28.29 36.95
1850 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

See alsoEdit

Europe:

United States:

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". www.imf.org. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  2. ^ Korea's data is from Bank of Korea, https://www.bok.or.kr/portal/bbs/P0000559/view.do?nttId=10053713&menuNo=200690}}
  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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