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Government Statistics > Spending > Expense > % of GDP (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Lesotho: 51.18 %   2008 Time series
# 2     Maldives: 49.24 %   2008 Time series
# 3     Greece: 46.44 %   2008 Time series
# 4     Hungary: 45.02 %   2008 Time series
# 5     France: 44.7 %   2008 Time series
# 6     Iceland: 44.4 %   2008 Time series
# 7     Portugal: 42.86 %   2008 Time series
# 8     United Kingdom: 42.67 %   2008 Time series
# 9     Belgium: 42.47 %   2008 Time series
# 10     Cyprus: 42.2 %   2008 Time series
# 11     Malta: 41.73 %   2007 Time series
# 12     Israel: 40.71 %   2008 Time series
# 13     Netherlands: 40.5 %   2008 Time series
# 14     Italy: 40.25 %   2008 Time series
# 15     Barbados: 40.11 %   2007 Time series
# 16     San Marino: 39.05 %   2006 Time series
# 17     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 38.9 %   2008 Time series
# 18     Austria: 38.42 %   2008 Time series
# 19     Serbia and Montenegro: 38.33 %   2008 Time series
# 20     Slovenia: 37.36 %   2008 Time series
= 21     Ukraine: 37.31 %   2008 Time series
# 22     Ireland: 37.15 %   2008 Time series
# 23     Denmark: 36.67 %   2008 Time series
# 24     Jordan: 36.57 %   2008 Time series
# 25     Poland: 35.3 %   2008 Time series
# 26     Ghana: 35.2 %   2008 Time series
# 27     Finland: 35.12 %   2008 Time series
# 28     Croatia: 34.69 %   2008 Time series
# 29     Luxembourg: 34.25 %   2008 Time series
# 30     Czech Republic: 34.13 %   2008 Time series
# 31     Belarus: 33.95 %   2008 Time series
# 32     Romania: 33.77 %   2008 Time series
# 33     Zimbabwe: 33.63 %   1997 Time series
# 34     Jamaica: 33.24 %   2008 Time series
# 35     New Zealand: 32.93 %   2007 Time series
# 36     Moldova: 32.78 %   2008 Time series
# 37     Sweden: 31.83 %   2008 Time series
# 38     Lithuania: 31.53 %   2008 Time series
# 39     Macedonia, Republic of: 31.33 %   2008 Time series
# 40     Estonia: 31.05 %   2008 Time series
# 41     South Africa: 30.94 %   2008 Time series
# 42     Bulgaria: 30.91 %   2008 Time series
# 43     Slovakia: 30.87 %   2008 Time series
# 44     Norway: 30.72 %   2008 Time series
# 45     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 30.33 %   2006 Time series
# 46     Morocco: 30.06 %   2008 Time series
# 47     Seychelles: 29.98 %   2008 Time series
# 48     Lebanon: 29.78 %   2008 Time series
# 49     Tunisia: 29.49 %   2009 Time series
# 50     Latvia: 29.3 %   2008 Time series
# 51     Botswana: 29.25 %   1996 Time series
# 52     Georgia: 29.13 %   2008 Time series
# 53     Germany: 28.74 %   2008 Time series
# 54     Colombia: 28.51 %   2003 Time series
# 55     Oman: 26.93 %   2001 Time series
# 56     Cape Verde: 26.8 %   2008 Time series
# 57     Spain: 26.43 %   2008 Time series
# 58     Mongolia: 26.33 %   2008 Time series
= 59     Fiji: 26.3 %   2006 Time series
= 59     Ecuador: 26.3 %   1994 Time series
= 61     Swaziland: 25.94 %   2003 Time series
= 61     United States: 25.94 %   2009 Time series
# 63     Trinidad and Tobago: 25.38 %   2007 Time series
# 64     Venezuela: 25.07 %   2005 Time series
# 65     Uruguay: 24.94 %   2008 Time series
# 66     Congo, Republic of the: 24.79 %   2005 Time series
# 67     Australia: 24.37 %   2008 Time series
# 68     Brazil: 24.06 %   2008 Time series
# 69     Namibia: 23.98 %   2007 Time series
# 70     Kuwait: 23.96 %   2008 Time series
= 71     Algeria: 23.24 %   2008 Time series
= 71     Sierra Leone: 23.24 %   2004 Time series
# 73     Panama: 23.17 %   2001 Time series
# 74     Bhutan: 23.07 %   2009 Time series
# 75     Afghanistan: 22.99 %   2008 Time series
# 76     Turkey: 22.82 %   2008 Time series
# 77     Zambia: 22.68 %   2007 Time series
# 78     Costa Rica: 22.5 %   2008 Time series
# 79     Papua New Guinea: 22.09 %   2002 Time series
# 80     Nicaragua: 21.84 %   2001 Time series
# 81     Bolivia: 21.81 %   2007 Time series
# 82     Honduras: 21.79 %   2008 Time series
# 83     Kenya: 21.47 %   2008 Time series
# 84     Russia: 21.44 %   2008 Time series
# 85     Grenada: 21.42 %   1995 Time series
# 86     Armenia: 20.69 %   2008 Time series
# 87     Ethiopia: 20.67 %   2002 Time series
# 88     Burundi: 20.65 %   1999 Time series
# 89     Bahrain: 20.54 %   2005 Time series
# 90     Chile: 19.52 %   2008 Time series
# 91     Mauritius: 19.35 %   2008 Time series
# 92     Vanuatu: 19.26 %   1999 Time series
# 93     Sri Lanka: 19.21 %   2008 Time series
# 94     Azerbaijan: 19.01 %   1999 Time series
# 95     Malaysia: 18.95 %   2003 Time series
# 96     Belize: 18.91 %   1997 Time series
# 97     El Salvador: 18.5 %   2008 Time series
# 98     Argentina: 18.29 %   2004 Time series
# 99     Thailand: 18.25 %   2008 Time series
# 100     Bahamas, The: 17.96 %   2007 Time series
# 101     Côte d'Ivoire: 17.93 %   2008 Time series
# 102     Qatar: 17.77 %   2007 Time series
# 103     Canada: 17.74 %   2008 Time series
# 104     Switzerland: 17.33 %   2007 Time series
# 105     Gambia, The: 17.16 %   1990 Time series
# 106     Philippines: 17.05 %   2008 Time series
# 107     Indonesia: 16.85 %   2004 Time series
# 108     Kyrgyzstan: 16.76 %   2008 Time series
# 109     Peru: 16.52 %   2008 Time series
# 110     Pakistan: 16.32 %   2007 Time series
# 111     Paraguay: 15.77 %   2008 Time series
# 112     Mexico: 15.44 %   2000 Time series
# 113     India: 15.43 %   2008 Time series
# 114     Uganda: 15.25 %   2008 Time series
# 115     Togo: 15.11 %   2008 Time series
# 116     Nepal: 15.06 %   2005 Time series
# 117     Rwanda: 14.97 %   1992 Time series
# 118     Benin: 14.92 %   2008 Time series
# 119     Dominican Republic: 14.79 %   2007 Time series
# 120     Kazakhstan: 14.75 %   2008 Time series
# 121     Japan: 14.62 %   1990 Time series
# 122     Senegal: 14.55 %   2001 Time series
# 123     Singapore: 14.53 %   2008 Time series
# 124     Mali: 13.77 %   2008 Time series
# 125     Tajikistan: 13.75 %   2004 Time series
# 126     Burkina Faso: 12.63 %   2008 Time series
# 127     Niger: 11.77 %   2007 Time series
# 128     Guatemala: 11.73 %   2008 Time series
# 129     Madagascar: 11.24 %   2007 Time series
# 130     Cameroon: 11.19 %   1994 Time series
# 131     China: 11.14 %   2006 Time series
# 132     Bangladesh: 10.86 %   2008 Time series
# 133     Laos: 10.31 %   2007 Time series
# 134     Central African Republic: 9.67 %   2004 Time series
# 135     United Arab Emirates: 9.49 %   1999 Time series
# 136     Guinea: 9.43 %   1992 Time series
# 137     Cambodia: 8.59 %   2006 Time series
# 138     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 8.11 %   2001 Time series
# 139     Sudan: 7.59 %   1999 Time series
# 140     Burma: 3.64 %   2004 Time series
Weighted average: 25.0 %  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 37.31 %   


DEFINITION: Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends."

SOURCE: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

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"Spending > Expense > % of GDP by country", International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/gov_spe_exp_of_gdp-government-spending-expense-of-gdp

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