High income OECD countries Compared by Economy > Spending > General government final consumption expenditure > Current LCU

DEFINITION: General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU). General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in current local currency.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	South Korea	201.48 trillion	2012
2	Japan	97.36 trillion	2012
3	Chile	15.83 trillion	2012
4	United States	2.55 trillion	2012
5	Sweden	955.87 billion	2012
6	Czech Republic	788.83 billion	2012
7	Norway	619.48 billion	2012
8	Denmark	521.64 billion	2012
9	Germany	514.35 billion	2012
10	France	502.73 billion	2012
11	Iceland	430.41 billion	2012
12	Canada	380.74 billion	2012
13	United Kingdom	341.22 billion	2012
14	Italy	314.96 billion	2012
15	Poland	284.98 billion	2012
16	Australia	264.43 billion	2012
17	Israel	227.47 billion	2012
18	Spain	207.67 billion	2012
19	Netherlands	170.61 billion	2012
20	Belgium	93.79 billion	2012
21	Switzerland	66.12 billion	2012
22	Austria	58.36 billion	2012
23	Finland	48.31 billion	2012
24	New Zealand	42.37 billion	2012
25	Greece	34.4 billion	2012
26	Portugal	30.12 billion	2012
27	Ireland	29.43 billion	2012
28	Slovakia	12.5 billion	2011
29	Luxembourg	7.5 billion	2012
30	Slovenia	7.35 billion	2011
31	Estonia	3.35 billion	2012

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