Countries by Government Expense

Compare countries by government expense using latest available economic data, ranking tables, country links and source notes.
INDICATOR: Government Expense
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+02:00

Full ranking · Government Expense

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

Ranking interpretation

context

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.

Keyphrase synonyms: government expense by country, global government expense ranking, country ranking government expense.