Countries by Government Expense

Global country ranking by government expense with latest available values, source notes, country links and economic context from World Bank / public data.
INDICATOR: Government Expense
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-07 11:21:52

Full ranking · Government Expense

GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS
Rank Country Latest value Class Country page
1 Ukraine 65.56 open
2 Greece 47.3 open
3 Italy 47.28 open
4 France 47.26 open
5 Austria 46.03 open
6 Finland 44.93 open
7 Slovenia 42.87 open
8 Hungary 42.42 open
9 Luxembourg 42.23 open
10 United Kingdom 41.23 open
11 Netherlands 39.97 open
12 Slovakia 39.77 open
13 Belgium 39.74 open
14 Poland 39.1 open
15 Croatia 38.13 open
16 Estonia 37.69 open
17 Israel 37.44 open
18 Romania 37.3 open
19 Portugal 37.16 open
20 Norway 35.89 open
21 Bulgaria 35.76 open
22 New Zealand 35.53 open
23 Serbia 35.46 open
24 Kuwait 34.55 open
25 Czech Republic 34.44 open
26 Latvia 34.2 open
27 Lithuania 34.1 open
28 Spain 34.04 open
29 Tunisia 33.76 open
30 South Africa 33.42 open
31 Denmark 33.34 open
32 Colombia 33.34 open
33 Turkey 33.03 open
34 Sweden 32.51 open
35 Brazil 32.43 open
36 Iceland 32.07 open
37 Germany 31.17 open
38 Egypt 30.23 open
39 Russia 29.6 open
40 Jordan 28.44 open
41 South Korea 28.32 open
42 Kenya 27.84 open
43 Australia 27.58 open
44 Morocco 26.61 open
45 Bahrain 26.11 open
46 United States 24.9 open
47 Chile 24.58 open
48 Saudi Arabia 24.22 open
49 Peru 22.85 open
50 Ghana 22.68 open
51 Mexico 22.41 open
52 Argentina 21.01 open
53 Japan 20.93 open
54 Thailand 20.77 open
55 Canada 19.26 open
56 Ireland 19.24 open
57 Kazakhstan 17.45 open
58 Singapore 17.3 open
59 Malaysia 17.01 open
60 Philippines 16.88 open
61 Switzerland 16.73 open
62 Indonesia 15.37 open
63 India 13.33 open
64 Pakistan 12.78 open
65 Bangladesh 8.32 open
66 Ethiopia 6.12 open
67 United Arab Emirates 3.77 open

Ranking interpretation

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This ranking uses the latest available value in the local indicator dataset.

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Countries by Government Expense: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Expense for Germany. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

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