Argentina Government Expense

Current and historical government expense data for Argentina, including latest value (21.01), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Argentina
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Argentina · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
50 / 100
Elevated risk · limited data
Fiscal stability 16.2 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 7.1 / 20
External stability 13.9 / 15
Financial robustness 3 / 15
Structural stability n/a
Future capacity n/a
Demographic capacity n/a
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 58% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1990–2023 19902023
1990 2023
Selected year: 2023 · Value: n/a 2023

Argentina · government expense as a percentage of gdp.

1990–2023
21.01 percent of GDP
21.87 percent of GDP
23.64 percent of GDP
52 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1990 1995 2000 2014 2019 2023
government expense rate reference line

Countries by government expense

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 65.56 high
Greece 47.3 high
Italy 47.28 high
France 47.26 high
Austria 46.03 high
Finland 44.93 medium
Slovenia 42.87 medium
Hungary 42.42 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Brazil 32.43
Chile 24.58
Colombia 33.34
Germany 31.17

Related indicators

internal links
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Tax Revenue GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+02:00

Argentina Snapshot

country profile
Population 45.7 m
GDP 638.37 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 219.88%
Unemployment 7.15%
Currency n/a
Region Latin America
Income group Upper middle income

Argentina 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 Argentina. 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.

Keyphrase synonyms: argentina government expense rate, government expense data argentina, argentina government expense statistics, argentina percent of gdp.