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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
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". 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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