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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 U.S. dollars.
Government Statistics > General government final consumption expenditure > current US$ (1978) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
372,600,000,000 $
1978
American Government
# 2
Germany :
150,352,300,000 $
1978
German Government
# 3
Japan :
133,864,800,000 $
1978
Japanese Government
# 4
France :
102,427,200,000 $
1978
French Government
# 5
United Kingdom :
65,365,290,000 $
1978
British Government
# 6
Italy :
50,476,380,000 $
1978
Italian Government
# 7
Canada :
46,628,380,000 $
1978
Canadian Government
# 8
Netherlands :
35,740,780,000 $
1978
Dutch Government
# 9
Sweden :
27,567,130,000 $
1978
Swedish Government
# 10
Australia :
23,476,020,000 $
1978
Australian Government
# 11
Belgium :
22,106,060,000 $
1978
Belgian Government
# 12
Spain :
19,896,480,000 $
1978
Spanish Government
# 13
China :
19,512,200,000 $
1978
Chinese Government
# 14
Saudi Arabia :
19,477,800,000 $
1978
Saudi Government
# 15
Brazil :
19,388,030,000 $
1978
Brazilian Government
# 16
Iran :
18,585,280,000 $
1978
Iranian Government
# 17
Denmark :
14,671,420,000 $
1978
Danish Government
# 18
India :
13,190,960,000 $
1978
Indian Government
# 19
Austria :
11,199,660,000 $
1978
Austrian Government
# 20
Mexico :
11,192,860,000 $
1978
Mexican Government
# 21
Switzerland :
9,327,293,000 $
1978
Swiss Government
# 22
Norway :
9,158,194,000 $
1978
Norwegian Government
# 23
Turkey :
7,820,701,000 $
1978
Turkish Government
# 24
South Africa :
7,000,050,000 $
1978
South African Government
# 25
Finland :
6,654,440,000 $
1978
Finnish Government
# 26
Argentina :
6,485,598,000 $
1978
Argentine Government
# 27
Nigeria :
6,000,203,000 $
1978
Nigerian Government
# 28
Indonesia :
5,783,283,000 $
1978
Indonesian Government
# 29
Libya :
5,715,232,000 $
1978
Libyan Government
# 30
Venezuela :
5,433,030,000 $
1978
Venezuelan Government
# 31
Korea, South :
5,364,049,000 $
1978
Korean Government
# 32
Israel :
5,174,530,000 $
1978
Israeli Government
# 33
Greece :
5,009,276,000 $
1978
Greek Government
# 34
Algeria :
4,059,383,000 $
1978
Algerian Government
# 35
New Zealand :
3,522,294,000 $
1978
New Zealand Government
# 36
Egypt :
3,050,333,000 $
1978
Egyptian Government
# 37
Portugal :
2,797,445,000 $
1978
Portuguese Government
# 38
Morocco :
2,752,538,000 $
1978
Moroccan Government
# 39
Thailand :
2,684,894,000 $
1978
Thai Government
# 40
Malaysia :
2,591,076,000 $
1978
Malaysian Government
# 41
Ireland :
2,562,972,000 $
1978
Irish Government
# 42
Philippines :
2,283,268,000 $
1978
Philippine Government
# 43
Kuwait :
2,239,205,000 $
1978
Kuwaiti Government
# 44
Chile :
2,222,201,000 $
1978
Chilean Government
# 45
United Arab Emirates :
2,108,648,000 $
1978
Emirati Government
# 46
Colombia :
1,995,140,000 $
1978
Colombian Government
# 47
Pakistan :
1,930,909,000 $
1978
Pakistani Government
# 48
Puerto Rico :
1,867,400,000 $
1978
Puerto Rican Government
# 49
Syria :
1,852,807,000 $
1978
Syrian Government
# 50
Hungary :
1,736,194,000 $
1978
Hungarian Government
# 51
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
1,410,383,000 $
1978
Congolese Government
# 52
Ecuador :
1,366,655,000 $
1978
Ecuadorian Government
# 53
Peru :
1,357,385,000 $
1978
Peruvian Government
# 54
Côte d'Ivoire :
1,287,006,000 $
1978
Ivoirian Government
# 55
Hong Kong :
1,160,628,000 $
1978
Hong Kong Government
# 56
Kenya :
1,035,012,000 $
1978
Kenyan Government
# 57
Tunisia :
975,803,100 $
1978
Tunisian Government
# 58
Sudan :
971,052,600 $
1978
Sudanese Government
# 59
Singapore :
863,668,700 $
1978
Singapore Government
# 60
Oman :
788,361,300 $
1978
Omani Government
# 61
Zimbabwe :
781,449,700 $
1978
Zimbabwean Government
# 62
Jordan :
766,953,000 $
1978
Jordanian Government
# 63
Luxembourg :
749,071,400 $
1978
Luxembourg Government
# 64
Zambia :
671,578,400 $
1978
Zambian Government
# 65
Bangladesh :
648,419,600 $
1978
Bangladeshi Government
# 66
Uruguay :
626,422,500 $
1978
Uruguayan Government
# 67
Costa Rica :
591,435,300 $
1978
Costa Rican Government
# 68
Jamaica :
530,618,000 $
1978
Jamaican Government
# 69
Papua New Guinea :
498,377,800 $
1978
Papua New Guinean Government
# 70
Trinidad and Tobago :
478,291,600 $
1978
Tobagonian Government
# 71
Iceland :
436,686,200 $
1978
Icelandic Government
# 72
Guatemala :
434,600,000 $
1978
Guatemalan Government
# 73
Cameroon :
430,849,500 $
1978
Cameroonian Government
# 74
Ghana :
413,734,700 $
1978
Ghanaian Government
# 75
El Salvador :
394,040,000 $
1978
Salvadoran Government
# 76
Senegal :
368,696,300 $
1978
Senegalese Government
# 77
Mauritania :
338,401,900 $
1978
Mauritanian Government
# 78
Gabon :
327,069,800 $
1978
Gabonese Government
# 79
Bolivia :
318,033,300 $
1978
Bolivian Government
# 80
Madagascar :
317,388,900 $
1978
Malagasy Government
# 81
Dominican Republic :
271,100,000 $
1978
Dominican Government
# 82
Sri Lanka :
258,989,000 $
1978
Sri Lankan Government
# 83
Nicaragua :
250,075,600 $
1978
Nicaraguan Government
# 84
Honduras :
208,500,000 $
1978
Honduran Government
# 85
Niger :
205,904,500 $
1978
Nigerien Government
# 86
Congo, Republic of the :
201,635,200 $
1978
Congolese Government
# 87
Chad :
198,932,000 $
1978
Chadian Government
# 88
Suriname :
187,675,100 $
1978
Surinamese Government
# 89
Cyprus :
177,272,700 $
1978
Cypriot Government
# 90
Paraguay :
170,634,900 $
1978
Paraguayan Government
# 91
Malawi :
159,052,800 $
1978
Malawian Government
# 92
Togo :
155,114,300 $
1978
Togolese Government
# 93
Burkina Faso :
148,277,900 $
1978
Burkinabe Government
# 94
Mali :
144,138,200 $
1978
Malian Government
# 95
Liberia :
139,000,000 $
1978
Liberian Government
# 96
Rwanda :
137,871,600 $
1978
Rwandan Government
# 97
Fiji :
135,923,500 $
1978
Fijian Government
# 98
Bahamas, The :
128,400,000 $
1978
Bahamian Government
# 99
Botswana :
124,758,500 $
1978
Motswana -Batswana Government
# 100
Malta :
119,616,000 $
1978
Maltese Government
# 101
Nepal :
119,588,600 $
1978
Nepalese Government
# 102
Guyana :
118,400,000 $
1978
Guyanese Government
# 103
Somalia :
106,353,600 $
1978
Somali Government
# 104
Barbados :
94,317,100 $
1978
Barbadian Government
# 105
Haiti :
93,720,000 $
1978
Haitian Government
# 106
Central African Republic :
85,971,930 $
1978
Central African Government
# 107
Burundi :
84,177,780 $
1978
Burundian Government
# 108
Brunei :
82,673,700 $
1978
Bruneian Government
# 109
Swaziland :
80,726,770 $
1978
Swazi Government
# 110
Benin :
77,246,900 $
1978
Beninese Government
# 111
Sierra Leone :
73,349,630 $
1978
Sierra Leonean Government
# 112
Gambia, The :
54,410,360 $
1978
Gambian Government
# 113
Lesotho :
35,632,180 $
1978
Basotho Government
# 114
Guinea-Bissau :
25,914,430 $
1978
Guinean Government
# 115
Seychelles :
21,503,150 $
1978
Seychellois Government
# 116
Grenada :
15,859,260 $
1978
Grenadian Government
# 117
Antigua and Barbuda :
12,703,700 $
1978
Barbudan Government
# 118
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
10,222,220 $
1978
Saint Vincentian Government
# 119
Dominica :
9,307,407 $
1978
Dominican Government
# 120
Kiribati :
8,726,107 $
1978
- Government
# 121
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
7,640,741 $
1978
Nevisian Government
# 122
Tonga :
6,116,287 $
1978
Tongan Government
# 123
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3,092,766 $
1978
Sao Tomean Government
Total :
1,330,990,215,018 $
Weighted average:
10,821,058,658.7 $
DEFINITION: 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 U.S. dollars.
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"General government final consumption expenditure > current US$ (1978) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/gov_gen_gov_fin_con_exp_cur_us-final-consumption-expenditure-current-us&date=1978
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