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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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Government Statistics > General government final consumption expenditure > current US$ (per capita) (1997) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Denmark :
8,052.492 $
per capita
1997
Danish Government
# 2
Sweden :
7,633.025 $
per capita
1997
Swedish Government
# 3
Luxembourg :
7,319.426 $
per capita
1997
Luxembourg Government
# 4
Norway :
7,302.591 $
per capita
1997
Norwegian Government
# 5
Qatar :
6,146.958 $
per capita
1997
Qatari Government
# 6
Iceland :
5,916.838 $
per capita
1997
Icelandic Government
# 7
France :
5,841.852 $
per capita
1997
French Government
# 8
Netherlands :
5,555.831 $
per capita
1997
Dutch Government
# 9
Finland :
5,325.354 $
per capita
1997
Finnish Government
# 10
Belgium :
5,258.896 $
per capita
1997
Belgian Government
# 11
Israel :
5,201.607 $
per capita
1997
Israeli Government
# 12
Japan :
5,175.472 $
per capita
1997
Japanese Government
# 13
Germany :
5,105.124 $
per capita
1997
German Government
# 14
Austria :
4,956.828 $
per capita
1997
Austrian Government
# 15
United States :
4,399.3 $
per capita
1997
American Government
# 16
Switzerland :
4,273.159 $
per capita
1997
Swiss Government
# 17
United Kingdom :
4,159.132 $
per capita
1997
British Government
# 18
Australia :
4,156.425 $
per capita
1997
Australian Government
# 19
Canada :
4,122.709 $
per capita
1997
Canadian Government
# 20
Kuwait :
4,080.829 $
per capita
1997
Kuwaiti Government
# 21
Italy :
3,838.258 $
per capita
1997
Italian Government
# 22
Ireland :
3,303.361 $
per capita
1997
Irish Government
# 23
French Polynesia :
3,244.593 $
per capita
1997
French Polynesian Government
# 24
New Zealand :
3,210.295 $
per capita
1997
New Zealand Government
# 25
United Arab Emirates :
3,018.543 $
per capita
1997
Emirati Government
# 26
Spain :
2,527.752 $
per capita
1997
Spanish Government
# 27
Cyprus :
2,382.767 $
per capita
1997
Cypriot Government
# 28
Singapore :
2,330.659 $
per capita
1997
Singapore Government
# 29
Hong Kong :
2,244.216 $
per capita
1997
Hong Kong Government
# 30
Saudi Arabia :
2,221.88 $
per capita
1997
Saudi Government
# 31
Seychelles :
2,151.136 $
per capita
1997
Seychellois Government
# 32
Portugal :
2,015.895 $
per capita
1997
Portuguese Government
# 33
Bahrain :
1,989.245 $
per capita
1997
Bahraini Government
# 34
Slovenia :
1,867.142 $
per capita
1997
Slovenian Government
# 35
Barbados :
1,855.689 $
per capita
1997
Barbadian Government
# 36
Malta :
1,787.804 $
per capita
1997
Maltese Government
# 37
Macau :
1,728.176 $
per capita
1997
Chinese Government
# 38
Greece :
1,711.656 $
per capita
1997
Greek Government
# 39
Antigua and Barbuda :
1,625.615 $
per capita
1997
Barbudan Government
# 40
Oman :
1,600.747 $
per capita
1997
Omani Government
# 41
Libya :
1,445.998 $
per capita
1997
Libyan Government
# 42
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,301.66 $
per capita
1997
Nevisian Government
# 43
Korea, South :
1,298.134 $
per capita
1997
Korean Government
# 44
Czech Republic :
1,160.863 $
per capita
1997
Czech Government
# 45
Croatia :
1,072.887 $
per capita
1997
Croatian Government
# 46
Argentina :
989.803 $
per capita
1997
Argentine Government
# 47
Brazil :
884.147 $
per capita
1997
Brazilian Government
# 48
Slovakia :
864.504 $
per capita
1997
Slovak Government
# 49
Botswana :
827.512 $
per capita
1997
Motswana -Batswana Government
# 50
Uruguay :
826.265 $
per capita
1997
Uruguayan Government
# 51
Estonia :
801.177 $
per capita
1997
Estonian Government
# 52
Poland :
762.298 $
per capita
1997
Polish Government
# 53
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
745.989 $
per capita
1997
Saint Vincentian Government
# 54
Lebanon :
708.04 $
per capita
1997
Lebanese Government
# 55
South Africa :
699.433 $
per capita
1997
South African Government
# 56
Dominica :
690.955 $
per capita
1997
Dominican Government
# 57
Gabon :
626.843 $
per capita
1997
Gabonese Government
# 58
Lithuania :
626.215 $
per capita
1997
Lithuanian Government
# 59
Namibia :
625.596 $
per capita
1997
Namibian Government
# 60
Chile :
620.93 $
per capita
1997
Chilean Government
# 61
Saint Lucia :
608.763 $
per capita
1997
Saint Lucian Government
# 62
Suriname :
605.946 $
per capita
1997
Surinamese Government
# 63
Russia :
579.121 $
per capita
1997
Russian Government
# 64
Colombia :
549.351 $
per capita
1997
Colombian Government
# 65
Trinidad and Tobago :
523.024 $
per capita
1997
Tobagonian Government
# 66
Latvia :
521.835 $
per capita
1997
Latvian Government
# 67
Grenada :
511.818 $
per capita
1997
Grenadian Government
# 68
Venezuela :
505.931 $
per capita
1997
Venezuelan Government
# 69
Malaysia :
503.351 $
per capita
1997
Malaysian Government
# 70
Mauritius :
503.258 $
per capita
1997
Mauritian Government
# 71
Hungary :
468.64 $
per capita
1997
Hungarian Government
# 72
Costa Rica :
458.843 $
per capita
1997
Costa Rican Government
# 73
Panama :
453.404 $
per capita
1997
Panamanian Government
# 74
Jamaica :
448.463 $
per capita
1997
Jamaican Government
# 75
Fiji :
447.318 $
per capita
1997
Fijian Government
# 76
Mexico :
423.018 $
per capita
1997
Mexican Government
# 77
Serbia and Montenegro :
410.33 $
per capita
1997
Serbian Government
# 78
Belize :
399.348 $
per capita
1997
Belizean Government
# 79
Macedonia, Republic of :
371.567 $
per capita
1997
Macedonian Government
# 80
Vanuatu :
365.288 $
per capita
1997
- Government
# 81
Turkey :
362.266 $
per capita
1997
Turkish Government
# 82
Swaziland :
344.158 $
per capita
1997
Swazi Government
# 83
Maldives :
336.504 $
per capita
1997
Maldivian Government
# 84
Tunisia :
323.378 $
per capita
1997
Tunisian Government
# 85
Jordan :
283.724 $
per capita
1997
Jordanian Government
# 86
Belarus :
283.405 $
per capita
1997
Belarusian Government
# 87
Tonga :
281.007 $
per capita
1997
Tongan Government
# 88
Algeria :
272.875 $
per capita
1997
Algerian Government
# 89
Ukraine :
271.586 $
per capita
1997
Ukrainian Government
# 90
Thailand :
254.854 $
per capita
1997
Thai Government
# 91
Ecuador :
246.536 $
per capita
1997
Ecuadorian Government
# 92
Djibouti :
238.063 $
per capita
1997
Djiboutian Government
# 93
Peru :
235.86 $
per capita
1997
Peruvian Government
# 94
Iran :
225.805 $
per capita
1997
Iranian Government
# 95
Morocco :
217.793 $
per capita
1997
Moroccan Government
# 96
Paraguay :
202.233 $
per capita
1997
Paraguayan Government
# 97
Cape Verde :
195.579 $
per capita
1997
Cape Verdean Government
# 98
Papua New Guinea :
191.964 $
per capita
1997
Papua New Guinean Government
# 99
Romania :
191.754 $
per capita
1997
Romanian Government
# 100
Kazakhstan :
178.971 $
per capita
1997
Kazakhstani Government
# 101
Guyana :
178.325 $
per capita
1997
Guyanese Government
# 102
El Salvador :
170.904 $
per capita
1997
Salvadoran Government
# 103
Bulgaria :
156.52 $
per capita
1997
Bulgarian Government
# 104
Bhutan :
155.251 $
per capita
1997
Bhutanese Government
# 105
Philippines :
152.161 $
per capita
1997
Philippine Government
# 106
Congo, Republic of the :
148.833 $
per capita
1997
Congolese Government
# 107
Bolivia :
141.034 $
per capita
1997
Bolivian Government
# 108
Egypt :
139.691 $
per capita
1997
Egyptian Government
# 109
Equatorial Guinea :
131.407 $
per capita
1997
Equatorial Guinean Government
# 110
Uzbekistan :
127.71 $
per capita
1997
Uzbekistani Government
# 111
Zimbabwe :
112.848 $
per capita
1997
Zimbabwean Government
# 112
China :
110.023 $
per capita
1997
Chinese Government
# 113
São Tomé and Príncipe :
106.301 $
per capita
1997
Sao Tomean Government
# 114
Lesotho :
100.193 $
per capita
1997
Basotho Government
# 115
Dominican Republic :
99.811 $
per capita
1997
Dominican Government
# 116
Syria :
99.143 $
per capita
1997
Syrian Government
# 117
Guatemala :
85.248 $
per capita
1997
Guatemalan Government
# 118
Sri Lanka :
84.17 $
per capita
1997
Sri Lankan Government
# 119
Moldova :
82.407 $
per capita
1997
Moldovan Government
# 120
Albania :
77.108 $
per capita
1997
Albanian Government
# 121
Indonesia :
74.501 $
per capita
1997
Indonesian Government
# 122
Turkmenistan :
74.37 $
per capita
1997
Turkmen Government
# 123
Comoros :
73.69 $
per capita
1997
Comoran Government
# 124
Georgia :
73.061 $
per capita
1997
Georgian Government
# 125
Kenya :
71.141 $
per capita
1997
Kenyan Government
# 126
Nicaragua :
69.44 $
per capita
1997
Nicaraguan Government
# 127
Honduras :
69.373 $
per capita
1997
Honduran Government
# 128
Zambia :
68.107 $
per capita
1997
Zambian Government
# 129
Kyrgyzstan :
64.712 $
per capita
1997
Kyrgyzstani Government
# 130
Eritrea :
63.8 $
per capita
1997
Eritrean Government
# 131
Azerbaijan :
63.766 $
per capita
1997
Azerbaijani Government
# 132
Mauritania :
62.267 $
per capita
1997
Mauritanian Government
# 133
Mongolia :
61.872 $
per capita
1997
Mongolian Government
# 134
Armenia :
58.509 $
per capita
1997
Armenian Government
# 135
Pakistan :
57.806 $
per capita
1997
Pakistani Government
# 136
Yemen :
55.308 $
per capita
1997
Yemeni Government
# 137
Senegal :
54.197 $
per capita
1997
Senegalese Government
# 138
Cameroon :
53.809 $
per capita
1997
Cameroonian Government
# 139
Côte d'Ivoire :
52.966 $
per capita
1997
Ivoirian Government
# 140
India :
47.99 $
per capita
1997
Indian Government
# 141
Gambia, The :
47.622 $
per capita
1997
Gambian Government
# 142
Ghana :
45.763 $
per capita
1997
Ghanaian Government
# 143
Malawi :
44.061 $
per capita
1997
Malawian Government
# 144
Uganda :
37.562 $
per capita
1997
Ugandan Government
# 145
Haiti :
33.555 $
per capita
1997
Haitian Government
# 146
Benin :
33.373 $
per capita
1997
Beninese Government
# 147
Burkina Faso :
32.685 $
per capita
1997
Burkinabe Government
# 148
Togo :
31.948 $
per capita
1997
Togolese Government
# 149
Central African Republic :
30.618 $
per capita
1997
Central African Government
# 150
Guinea :
30.221 $
per capita
1997
Guinean Government
# 151
Nigeria :
29.461 $
per capita
1997
Nigerian Government
# 152
Vietnam :
28.924 $
per capita
1997
Vietnamese Government
# 153
Rwanda :
28.71 $
per capita
1997
Rwandan Government
# 154
Mali :
27.764 $
per capita
1997
Malian Government
# 155
Burundi :
26.07 $
per capita
1997
Burundian Government
# 156
Tajikistan :
25.543 $
per capita
1997
Tajikistani Government
# 157
Niger :
23.919 $
per capita
1997
Nigerien Government
# 158
Tanzania :
21.454 $
per capita
1997
Tanzanian Government
# 159
Sudan :
20.558 $
per capita
1997
Sudanese Government
# 160
Nepal :
19.237 $
per capita
1997
Nepalese Government
# 161
Madagascar :
18.715 $
per capita
1997
Malagasy Government
# 162
Sierra Leone :
18.175 $
per capita
1997
Sierra Leonean Government
# 163
Cambodia :
15.715 $
per capita
1997
Cambodian Government
# 164
Mozambique :
15.24 $
per capita
1997
Mozambican Government
# 165
Bangladesh :
15.21 $
per capita
1997
Bangladeshi Government
# 166
Guinea-Bissau :
14.982 $
per capita
1997
Guinean Government
# 167
Chad :
13.499 $
per capita
1997
Chadian Government
# 168
Ethiopia :
12.167 $
per capita
1997
Ethiopian Government
# 169
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
10.089 $
per capita
1997
Congolese Government
Weighted average:
1,145.0 $
per capita
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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
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"General government final consumption expenditure > current US$ (per capita) (1997) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/gov_gen_gov_fin_con_exp_cur_us_percap-expenditure-current-us-per-capita&date=1997
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