# List of countries by government spending as percentage of GDP

This article lists countries alphabetically, with total government expenditure as percentage of Gross domestic product (GDP) for the listed countries. Also stated is the government revenue and net lending/borrowing of the government as percentage of GDP. All Data is based on the World Economic Outlook Databook of the International Monetary Fund.

## List of countries (2024)

The figures here are represented as a percentage of annual gross domestic product for the year 2024.
| Country | Government revenue (% of GDP) | Government expenditure (% of GDP) | Net lending/borrowing (% of GDP) |
| Afghanistan (2023) | 15.529 | 16.887 | -1.189 |
| Albania | 28.625 | 30.819 | -2.194 |
| Algeria | 29.2 | 38.48 | -9.281 |
| Andorra | 38.406 | 36.702 | 1.704 |
| Angola | 18.014 | 16.441 | 1.573 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 17.36 | 18.471 | -1.111 |
| Argentina | 31.924 | 32.012 | -0.088 |
| Armenia | 25.159 | 29.912 | -4.753 |
| Aruba | 23.598 | 21.248 | 2.35 |
| Australia | 36.352 | 38.014 | -1.661 |
| Austria | 50.005 | 53.373 | -3.369 |
| Azerbaijan | 33.806 | 32.777 | 1.03 |
| Bahamas | 21.085 | 22.366 | -1.28 |
| Bahrain | 20.683 | 28.336 | -7.654 |
| Bangladesh | 8.838 | 13.479 | -4.641 |
| Barbados | 26.047 | 27.637 | -1.59 |
| Belarus | 42.024 | 40.929 | 1.095 |
| Belgium | 50.488 | 55.146 | -4.659 |
| Belize | 22.98 | 23.889 | -0.909 |
| Benin | 15.247 | 18.947 | -3.7 |
| Bhutan | 24.202 | 28.808 | -4.606 |
| Bolivia | 26.948 | 37.384 | -10.436 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.458 | 43.931 | -2.472 |
| Botswana | 28.272 | 34.193 | -5.921 |
| Brazil | 39.304 | 46.235 | -6.931 |
| Brunei | 19.664 | 29.587 | -9.924 |
| Bulgaria | 36.545 | 39.475 | -2.93 |
| Burkina Faso | 21.845 | 27.535 | -5.69 |
| Burundi | 23.035 | 30.418 | -7.382 |
| Cabo Verde | 26.903 | 29.785 | -2.882 |
| Cambodia | 15.028 | 17.305 | -2.277 |
| Cameroon | 16.027 | 16.485 | -0.458 |
| Canada | 41.274 | 43.256 | -1.982 |
| Central African Republic | 14.766 | 17.842 | -3.076 |
| Chad | 16.592 | 17.339 | -0.747 |
| Chile | 24.716 | 27.039 | -2.323 |
| China | 26.426 | 33.858 | -7.432 |
| Colombia | 28.788 | 33.18 | -4.393 |
| Comoros | 17.605 | 20.398 | -2.793 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 15.186 | 17.206 | -2.02 |
| Republic of Congo | 26.23 | 22.413 | 3.817 |
| Costa Rica | 14.903 | 18.613 | -3.71 |
| Croatia | 46.204 | 48.728 | -2.525 |
| Cyprus | 44.256 | 41.115 | 3.142 |
| Czech Republic | 41.472 | 44.344 | -2.872 |
| Denmark | 49.561 | 47.768 | 1.793 |
| Djibouti | 17.387 | 21.859 | -4.472 |
| Dominica | 60.171 | 62.67 | -2.499 |
| Dominican Republic | 16.327 | 19.381 | -3.054 |
| Ecuador | 38.591 | 40.588 | -1.996 |
| Egypt | 16.638 | 26.779 | -10.142 |
| El Salvador | 26.509 | 30.992 | -4.483 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 21.558 | 18.565 | 2.993 |
| Eritrea (2019) | 33.973 | 31.256 | 4.479 |
| Estonia | 41.988 | 44.963 | -2.975 |
| Eswatini | 29.106 | 30.809 | -1.704 |
| Ethiopia | 7.721 | 9.421 | -1.7 |
| Fiji | 27.538 | 31.908 | -4.37 |
| Finland | 53.094 | 56.769 | -3.676 |
| France | 51.273 | 57.236 | -5.963 |
| Gabon | 19.52 | 23.409 | -3.889 |
| Gambia | 20.075 | 22.804 | -2.73 |
| Georgia | 28.192 | 30.695 | -2.503 |
| Germany | 46.166 | 48.169 | -2.003 |
| Ghana | 16.914 | 21.635 | -4.721 |
| Greece | 47.586 | 48.593 | -1.007 |
| Grenada | 41.292 | 39.56 | 1.732 |
| Guatemala | 12.435 | 13.527 | -1.092 |
| Guinea | 13.747 | 16.747 | -3 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 15.789 | 19.579 | -3.79 |
| Guyana | 17.729 | 23.964 | -6.235 |
| Haiti | 11.681 | 4.608 | 7.073 |
| Honduras | 25.52 | 27.035 | -1.515 |
| Hong Kong | 19.633 | 24.094 | -4.461 |
| Hungary | 43.747 | 48.699 | -4.952 |
| Iceland | 43.553 | 46.659 | -3.106 |
| India | 21.258 | 29.04 | -7.782 |
| Indonesia | 14.268 | 16.93 | -2.662 |
| Iran | 11.585 | 14.67 | -3.085 |
| Iraq | 43.428 | 48.433 | -5.005 |
| Ireland | 27.705 | 23.948 | 3.757 |
| Israel | 34.872 | 43.915 | -9.042 |
| Italy | 46.616 | 50.61 | -3.995 |
| Ivory Coast | 16.758 | 20.808 | -4.049 |
| Jamaica | 31.135 | 30.844 | 0.291 |
| Japan | 36.104 | 42.198 | -6.094 |
| Jordan | 25.965 | 33.517 | -7.552 |
| Kazakhstan | 19.767 | 22.1 | -2.333 |
| Kenya | 17.542 | 22.579 | -5.037 |
| Kiribati | 103.192 | 125.58 | -22.388 |
| South Korea | 22.115 | 22.642 | -0.526 |
| Kosovo | 29.549 | 30.853 | -1.304 |
| Kuwait | 75.281 | 49.721 | 25.56 |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 35.82 | 35.321 | 0.499 |
| Laos | 16.531 | 17.03 | -0.499 |
| Latvia | 38.673 | 42.115 | -3.442 |
| Lebanon | 12.884 | 13.276 | 0.365 |
| Lesotho | 63.52 | 58.357 | 5.163 |
| Liberia | 19.797 | 22.228 | -2.431 |
| Libya | 63.786 | 68.566 | -4.781 |
| Lithuania | 38.743 | 40.351 | -1.608 |
| Luxembourg | 47.002 | 48.303 | -1.301 |
| Macau | 26.926 | 24.929 | 1.997 |
| Madagascar | 12.979 | 16.738 | -3.759 |
| Malawi | 21.282 | 29.308 | -8.026 |
| Malaysia | 18.201 | 21.795 | -3.594 |
| Maldives | 31.273 | 49.15 | -17.877 |
| Mali | 22.372 | 25.972 | -3.6 |
| Malta | 31.298 | 35.285 | -3.987 |
| Marshall Islands | 71.252 | 70.998 | 0.253 |
| Mauritania | 24.19 | 25.374 | -1.184 |
| Mauritius | 26.306 | 29.195 | -2.889 |
| Mexico | 24.248 | 30.148 | -5.9 |
| Micronesia | 64.131 | 62.865 | 1.266 |
| Moldova | 32.426 | 37.467 | -5.042 |
| Mongolia | 37.641 | 37.243 | 0.398 |
| Montenegro | 41.454 | 44.516 | -3.062 |
| Morocco | 28.667 | 32.939 | -4.273 |
| Mozambique | 28.254 | 32.501 | -4.247 |
| Myanmar | 17.562 | 23.353 | -5.79 |
| Namibia | 35.697 | 38.341 | -2.644 |
| Nauru | 153.932 | 123.745 | 30.187 |
| Nepal | 19.312 | 23.997 | -4.685 |
| Netherlands | 42.606 | 44.158 | -1.553 |
| New Zealand | 38.435 | 42.28 | -3.845 |
| Nicaragua | 29.022 | 28.721 | 0.301 |
| Niger | 12.187 | 16.251 | -4.064 |
| Nigeria | 13.546 | 18.097 | -4.551 |
| North Macedonia | 35.507 | 40.492 | -4.985 |
| Norway | 58.141 | 46.158 | 11.983 |
| Oman | 32.054 | 27.039 | 5.015 |
| Pakistan | 12.562 | 19.309 | -6.747 |
| Palau | 55.471 | 51.869 | 3.602 |
| Panama | 17.688 | 21.947 | -4.26 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18.306 | 22.223 | -3.917 |
| Paraguay | 18.63 | 20.964 | -2.334 |
| Peru | 19.236 | 22.446 | -3.21 |
| Philippines | 20.451 | 24.321 | -3.871 |
| Poland | 43.367 | 49.023 | -5.656 |
| Portugal | 43.463 | 43.247 | 0.217 |
| Puerto Rico | 22.425 | 22.955 | -0.53 |
| Qatar | 27.498 | 25.517 | 1.981 |
| Romania | 31.463 | 39.249 | -7.786 |
| Russia | 35.446 | 37.317 | -1.871 |
| Rwanda | 22.642 | 29.919 | -7.277 |
| Samoa | 33.865 | 32.52 | 1.345 |
| San Marino | 20.017 | 21.824 | -1.808 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 25.829 | 21.851 | 3.978 |
| Saudi Arabia | 29.685 | 32.719 | -3.034 |
| Senegal | 20.872 | 28.38 | -7.508 |
| Serbia | 43.799 | 46.388 | -2.589 |
| Seychelles | 33.853 | 35.227 | -1.374 |
| Sierra Leone | 12.552 | 15.447 | -2.895 |
| Singapore | 18.45 | 13.959 | 4.49 |
| Slovakia | 40.936 | 46.821 | -5.885 |
| Slovenia | 45.168 | 47.753 | -2.585 |
| Solomon Islands | 29.368 | 31.581 | -2.213 |
| Somalia | 7.198 | 7.352 | -0.154 |
| South Africa | 26.956 | 33.185 | -6.229 |
| South Sudan | 29.671 | 23.844 | 5.827 |
| Spain | 41.862 | 44.816 | -2.954 |
| Sri Lanka | 8.364 | 18.586 | -3.718 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 37.468 | 41.594 | -4.126 |
| St. Lucia | 22.271 | 24.725 | -2.454 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 28.597 | 38.632 | -10.035 |
| Sudan | 3.652 | 6.41 | -2.757 |
| Suriname | 26.073 | 26.648 | -0.575 |
| Sweden | 47.035 | 48.207 | -1.172 |
| Switzerland | 32.15 | 31.554 | 0.596 |
| Syria | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Taiwan | 16.818 | 17.586 | -0.768 |
| Tajikistan | 27.256 | 29.712 | -2.457 |
| Tanzania | 16.055 | 18.959 | -2.904 |
| Thailand | 20.891 | 23.321 | -2.43 |
| Timor-Leste | 47.026 | 88.157 | -41.131 |
| Togo | 18.987 | 23.862 | -4.876 |
| Tonga | 52.455 | 49.003 | 3.452 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 23.989 | 30.715 | -6.726 |
| Tunisia | 28.536 | 34.485 | -5.949 |
| Turkey | 29.154 | 34.344 | -5.19 |
| Turkmenistan | 11.723 | 10.882 | 0.841 |
| Tuvalu | 99.56 | 103.465 | -3.905 |
| Uganda | 14.796 | 19.724 | -4.928 |
| Ukraine | 45.109 | 63.847 | -18.738 |
| United Arab Emirates | 28.293 | 23.491 | 4.802 |
| United Kingdom | 39.13 | 43.38 | -4.25 |
| United States | 29.897 | 37.526 | -7.629 |
| Uruguay | 28.526 | 31.516 | -2.99 |
| Uzbekistan | 25.171 | 28.713 | -3.542 |
| Vanuatu | 32.489 | 39.209 | -6.72 |
| Venezuela (2023) | 10.824 | 15.042 | -3.281 |
| Vietnam | 17.624 | 20.205 | -2.582 |
| West Bank and Gaza (2023) | 29.842 | 30.818 | n/a |
| Yemen | 7.393 | 10.931 | -3.539 |
| Zambia | 21.386 | 27.483 | -6.098 |
| Zimbabwe | 15.624 | 26.028 | -10.404 |

## Historical Development

Development of government spending as percentage of GDP of different countries.
| Country | 1850 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 |
| Algeria | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25.71 | 28.57 | 36.89 | 37.98 |
| Argentina | | 8.56 | 8.04 | 7.73 | 8.25 | 8.92 | 4.62 | 9.40 | 8.80 | 11.20 | 11.30 | 12.05 | 15.17 | 10.99 | 28.21 | 38.76 | 41.64 |
| Australia | | | | | | 2.66 | 7.69 | 5.47 | 7.07 | 12.22 | 21.83 | 25.32 | 33.21 | 36.10 | 35.63 | 37.16 | 44.98 |
| Austria | | | 11.36 | 13.45 | 15.59 | 17.33 | | 19.80 | | 36.36 | 36.29 | 39.54 | 50.01 | 51.51 | 51.94 | 52.53 | 57.90 |
| Bangladesh | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15.03 | 12.50 | 13.24 | 14.59 | 15.03 |
| Belgium | | 4.80 | 6.18 | 8.74 | 9.90 | 10.78 | | 19.09 | | 22.85 | 23.75 | 42.66 | 54.89 | 52.31 | 49.08 | 52.94 | 60.80 |
| Brazil | | | 24.19 | 25.70 | 15.50 | 13.00 | 12.52 | 11.21 | 10.81 | 8.70 | 13.71 | 11.40 | 6.80 | | 35.29 | 40.40 | 42.73 |
| Canada | | 4.94 | 6.76 | 5.68 | 6.12 | 6.01 | 10.45 | 7.72 | 18.61 | 14.99 | 14.93 | 36.03 | 41.55 | 48.80 | 41.11 | 43.82 | 52.45 |
| Chile | 5.63 | 8.02 | 8.42 | 14.21 | 11.63 | 12.81 | 8.76 | 13.89 | 12.43 | 14.93 | 19.73 | 21.09 | 23.84 | 18.95 | 23.87 | 25.15 | 28.97 |
| China | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20.98 | 17.05 | 22.67 | 36.98 |
| Colombia | | | | | | 5.90 | 4.40 | 4.90 | 6.10 | 5.60 | 6.70 | 10.00 | 9.60 | 9.40 | 26.41 | 27.47 | 33.44 |
| Denmark | | | 8.82 | 6.87 | 5.96 | 6.45 | 7.21 | 6.90 | 12.19 | 10.05 | 16.42 | 24.39 | 52.66 | 55.41 | 53.67 | 58.47 | 55.08 |
| Ethiopia | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13.20 | 20.40 | 25.78 | 18.63 | 14.47 |
| Finland | | | | 6.17 | 6.80 | 11.73 | 15.26 | 19.75 | 48.95 | 23.88 | 22.47 | 21.85 | 40.15 | 48.15 | 48.26 | 55.11 | 56.72 |
| France | | 13.24 | 13.24 | 11.36 | 11.42 | 10.56 | | 18.65 | | 24.12 | 22.18 | 20.50 | 45.96 | 49.58 | 51.69 | 56.63 | 62.40 |
| Germany | | | 10.31 | 16.32 | 17.85 | 19.47 | | 16.34 | | 27.17 | 22.94 | 39.46 | 48.23 | 44.73 | 45.10 | 47.87 | 51.09 |
| Ghana | | | | | | | | | | | | 12.17 | 11.19 | 11.85 | 20.10 | 24.11 | 28.28 |
| Greece | | | 23.55 | 25.70 | 19.75 | 19.65 | | 26.00 | | 27.09 | 19.95 | 25.17 | 27.66 | 45.21 | 47.12 | 50.24 | 58.19 |
| India | | 6.26 | 7.34 | 6.87 | 7.18 | 5.96 | 6.43 | 5.54 | 5.33 | 5.31 | 11.23 | 11.72 | 17.48 | 27.23 | 26.99 | 27.32 | 30.98 |
| Indonesia | | | | | | | | | | | 14.42 | 13.80 | 22.09 | 15.84 | 16.64 | 18.27 | 18.23 |
| Iran | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35.76 | 21.95 | 18.04 | 21.75 | 17.95 |
| Ireland | | | | | | | | | 19.52 | 25.90 | 29.14 | 44.13 | 53.71 | 42.81 | 31.18 | 65.05 | 28.71 |
| Israel | | | | | | | | | | 18.79 | 30.38 | 41.55 | 69.40 | 46.79 | 51.40 | 45.43 | 46.40 |
| Italy | | 9.85 | 11.10 | 14.35 | 12.58 | 13.89 | 18.79 | 14.16 | 38.11 | 17.28 | 16.49 | 32.32 | 40.79 | 52.86 | 45.86 | 50.28 | 57.25 |
| Japan | | | 0.86 | 0.78 | 1.01 | 3.12 | 1.93 | 2.89 | 3.99 | 15.86 | 18.35 | 20.25 | 33.45 | 30.05 | 37.28 | 39.83 | 46.67 |
| Kenya | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22.94 | 20.53 | 30.14 | 25.70 |
| Korea, South | | | | | | | | | | | 17.88 | 17.50 | 16.77 | 15.15 | 17.95 | 21.21 | 25.63 |
| Malaysia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 36.13 | 27.92 | 26.28 | 25.41 |
| Mexico | | | | | 4.71 | 3.65 | 4.11 | 5.98 | 7.39 | 8.78 | 9.50 | 10.94 | 17.54 | 16.57 | 21.11 | 26.28 | 29.12 |
| Morocco | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28.57 | 25.85 | 31.91 | 36.31 |
| Netherlands | | | 9.60 | 13.93 | 10.99 | 10.24 | | 8.69 | | 23.97 | 20.39 | 43.20 | 55.20 | 54.91 | 44.17 | 51.19 | 46.90 |
| Norway | | | | 6.83 | 9.90 | 8.61 | 8.64 | 8.59 | | 18.05 | 17.97 | 38.91 | 46.13 | 53.31 | 42.30 | 45.92 | 58.15 |
| Pakistan | | | | | | | | | | 5.55 | 10.00 | 23.56 | 21.98 | 23.92 | 18.59 | 20.26 | 23.12 |
| Peru | | | | | 3.59 | 4.39 | 4.47 | 7.04 | 6.65 | 11.33 | 13.33 | 14.35 | 19.32 | 20.36 | 20.53 | 20.40 | 26.38 |
| Philippines | | | | | | | | | | 7.23 | 10.08 | 10.45 | 13.42 | 18.00 | 18.67 | 16.88 | 25.11 |
| Poland | | | | | | | | | | 21.64 | 39.20 | 25.83 | | | 41.08 | 45.37 | 48.95 |
| Portugal | | | 6.74 | 8.03 | 6.98 | 7.55 | 12.12 | 7.87 | 10.31 | 9.81 | 14.25 | 15.52 | 32.36 | 38.50 | 41.13 | 51.35 | 48.12 |
| Romania | | | | | | | | | | | | 28.15 | 33.63 | | 38.56 | 40.90 | 38.81 |
| Russia | | | 13.09 | 15.63 | 23.82 | | | 12.65 | 5.49 | 6.11 | | | | | 32.84 | 38.50 | 38.78 |
| South Africa | | | | | | | 18.53 | 18.77 | 28.31 | 19.25 | 16.65 | 20.05 | 21.84 | 28.70 | 25.86 | 32.99 | 40.11 |
| Spain | 7.46 | 15.29 | 8.68 | 9.24 | 8.52 | 9.95 | 12.12 | 10.55 | 19.65 | 11.67 | 11.02 | 12.25 | 16.34 | 32.75 | 39.19 | 45.62 | 52.26 |
| Sweden | 5.09 | 5.96 | 6.77 | 6.84 | 7.23 | 8.48 | 7.63 | 8.73 | 22.73 | 18.28 | 24.43 | 29.51 | 41.02 | 37.96 | 55.09 | 52.89 | 53.06 |
| Switzerland | | | | | 4.03 | 4.15 | | 4.29 | 18.14 | 8.58 | 7.11 | 25.75 | 29.93 | 30.30 | 35.10 | 34.17 | 36.26 |
| Taiwan | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24.84 | 28.69 | 25.60 | 22.13 | 19.04 |
| Thailand | | | | | | | | | | 9.06 | 12.07 | 17.57 | 18.73 | 16.56 | 19.06 | 23.03 | 25.31 |
| Turkey | | | | | | | | | | 15.15 | 15.57 | 22.69 | 25.46 | 14.07 | 37.71 | 35.55 | 34.63 |
| United Kingdom | 10.29 | 7.03 | 6.21 | 6.80 | 10.77 | 8.18 | 20.96 | 18.67 | 28.38 | 33.15 | 33.14 | 42.00 | 47.63 | 41.11 | 36.76 | 50.56 | 50.27 |
| United States | 1.56 | 3.80 | 2.24 | 2.19 | 2.70 | 2.19 | 7.30 | 3.64 | 8.94 | 13.44 | 28.29 | 32.30 | 34.29 | 37.20 | 33.88 | 42.46 | 46.18 |
| Venezuela | | | | | | | 8.58 | 10.47 | 14.17 | 16.00 | 23.67 | 19.48 | 21.97 | 31.93 | 28.29 | 36.95 | 10.93 |
| | 1850 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 |