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Economy Statistics > Expense > % of GDP (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Madagascar
63 %
2004 ...
#2
Seychelles
48.33 %
2005 ...
#3
San Marino
46.73 %
2002 ...
#4
Israel
46.66 %
2005 ...
#5
France
46.12 %
2005 ...
#6
Turkey
44.85 %
2001 ...
#7
Greece
44.19 %
2005 ...
#8
Malta
43.96 %
2004 ...
#9
Maldives
43.27 %
2005 ...
#10
Hungary
42.97 %
2005 ...
#11
Portugal
42.44 %
2005 ...
#12
Belgium
42.29 %
2005 ...
#13
Austria
42.09 %
2005 ...
#14
Cyprus
42.05 %
2004 ...
#15
Slovenia
41.25 %
2005 ...
#16
United Kingdom
41.06 %
2005 ...
#17
Croatia
40.31 %
2005 ...
#18
Netherlands
40.05 %
2005 ...
#19
Serbia and Montenegro
39.89 %
2002 ...
#20
Italy
39.38 %
2005 ...
#21
Luxembourg
38.39 %
2005 ...
#22
Ukraine
37.46 %
2005 ...
#23
Finland
36.63 %
2005 ...
#24
Saint Kitts and Nevis
36.58 %
2003 ...
#25
Lesotho
36.46 %
2004 ...
#26
Poland
36.27 %
2005 ...
#27
Bosnia and Herzegovina
36.15 %
2005 ...
#28
Sweden
36.13 %
2005 ...
#29
Czech Republic
35.77 %
2005 ...
#30
Jordan
35.3 %
2005 ...
#31
Slovakia
34.85 %
2005 ...
#32
Denmark
34.7 %
2004 ...
#33
Barbados
34.36 %
2004 ...
#34
Bulgaria
34.32 %
2005 ...
#35
Norway
34.08 %
2005 ...
#36
Jamaica
33.8 %
2005 ...
#37
Zimbabwe
33.63 %
1997 ...
#38
New Zealand
32.52 %
2005 ...
#39
Iceland
32.45 %
2002 ...
#40
Colombia
31.35 %
2005 ...
#41
Morocco
31.31 %
2005 ...
#42
Germany
31.18 %
2005 ...
#43
Namibia
31.1 %
2003 ...
#44
Mongolia
30.79 %
2003 ...
#45
Ireland
30.28 %
2005 ...
#46
Moldova
30.03 %
2005 ...
#47
Belarus
29.77 %
2005 ...
#48
South Africa
29.62 %
2005 ...
#49
Estonia
29.49 %
2004 ...
#50
Tunisia
29.47 %
2005 ...
#51
Latvia
29.41 %
2005 ...
#52
Botswana
29.23 %
1996 ...
#53
Lithuania
28.27 %
2005 ...
#54
Uruguay
27.46 %
2005 ...
#55
Fiji
26.99 %
2005 ...
#56
Oman
26.93 %
2001 ...
#57
Bolivia
26.58 %
2005 ...
#58
Lebanon
26.22 %
2004 ...
#59
Brazil
26.21 %
1998 ...
#60
Kuwait
26.2 %
2005 ...
#61
Venezuela
26.02 %
2005 ...
#62
Romania
25.91 %
2002 ...
#63
Spain
24.86 %
2005 ...
#64
Australia
24.82 %
2005 ...
#65
Benin
24.72 %
2005 ...
#66
Trinidad and Tobago
24.61 %
2004 ...
#67
Swaziland
24.44 %
2003 ...
#68
Bahrain
24.22 %
2005 ...
#69
Algeria
24.15 %
2002 ...
#70
Sierra Leone
23.77 %
2004 ...
#71
Panama
23.17 %
2001 ...
#72
Uganda
22.83 %
2003 ...
#73
Costa Rica
22.67 %
2005 ...
#74
Egypt
22.56 %
2002 ...
#75
Yemen
22.15 %
1999 ...
#76
Papua New Guinea
22.09 %
2002 ...
#77
Ethiopia
21.95 %
2002 ...
#78
Albania
21.94 %
2004 ...
#79
Korea, South
21.38 %
2005 ...
#80
Vanuatu
21.25 %
1999 ...
#81
United States
21.2 %
2005 ...
#82
Nicaragua
21.01 %
2005 ...
#83
Sri Lanka
20.99 %
2005 ...
#84
Mauritius
20.91 %
2005 ...
#85
Ghana
20.9 %
2004 ...
#86
Kenya
20.73 %
2004 ...
#87
Burundi
20.65 %
1999 ...
#88
Iran
20.54 %
2005 ...
#89
Malaysia
20.08 %
2003 ...
#90
Russia
19.96 %
2005 ...
#91
Congo, Republic of the
19.86 %
2003 ...
#92
Switzerland
19.16 %
2002 ...
#93
Azerbaijan
19.01 %
1999 ...
#94
Belize
18.84 %
1997 ...
#95
Chile
18.72 %
2005 ...
#96
Bahamas, The
18.54 %
2005 ...
#97
Argentina
18.29 %
2004 ...
#98
Kazakhstan
18.24 %
2005 ...
#99
Canada
18.14 %
2005 ...
#100
Armenia
18.14 %
2005 ...
#101
Philippines
18.03 %
2005 ...
#102
El Salvador
17.73 %
2005 ...
#103
Zambia
17.43 %
1999 ...
#104
Georgia
17.36 %
2005 ...
#105
Peru
17.27 %
2005 ...
#106
Indonesia
17.02 %
2004 ...
#107
Côte d'Ivoire
16.91 %
2005 ...
#108
Paraguay
16.71 %
2005 ...
#109
Nepal
16.64 %
2005 ...
#110
Bhutan
16.34 %
2004 ...
#111
Thailand
16.27 %
2005 ...
#112
Dominican Republic
16.17 %
2004 ...
#113
India
15.76 %
2004 ...
#114
Kyrgyzstan
15.76 %
2001 ...
#115
Senegal
15.57 %
2001 ...
#116
Gambia, The
15.54 %
1990 ...
#117
Mexico
15.44 %
2000 ...
#118
Togo
15.41 %
2005 ...
#119
Singapore
15.4 %
2004 ...
#120
Rwanda
14.97 %
1992 ...
#121
Japan
14.62 %
1990 ...
#122
Pakistan
14.52 %
2005 ...
#123
Tajikistan
13.75 %
2004 ...
#124
Guinea
13.46 %
1999 ...
#125
Cameroon
12.87 %
1998 ...
#126
Macau
12.18 %
2005 ...
#127
Ecuador
11.97 %
1994 ...
#128
Afghanistan
11.94 %
2005 ...
#129
Burkina Faso
11.71 %
2005 ...
#130
China
11.12 %
2004 ...
#131
Guatemala
11.04 %
2005 ...
#132
United Arab Emirates
9.49 %
1999 ...
#133
Central African Republic
9.39 %
2004 ...
#134
Bangladesh
8.75 %
2004 ...
#135
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
8.11 %
2001 ...
#136
Cambodia
7.71 %
2005 ...
#137
Sudan
7.59 %
1999 ...
Weighted average:
25.8 %
