Countries by Government Spending

Compare countries by government spending using latest available economic data, ranking tables, country links and source notes.
INDICATOR: Government Spending
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T18:59:07+02:00

Full ranking · Government Spending

NE.CON.GOVT.ZS
Rank Country Latest value Class Country page
1 Ukraine 37.92 high open
2 Sweden 26.32 high open
3 Finland 25.62 high open
4 Iceland 25.14 high open
5 Netherlands 24.91 high open
6 Kuwait 24.6 medium open
7 Belgium 23.53 medium open
8 France 23.09 medium open
9 Croatia 23.04 medium open
10 Denmark 22.62 medium open
11 Israel 22.31 medium open
12 Australia 22.15 medium open
13 Norway 22.05 lower open
14 Japan 21.57 lower open
15 Saudi Arabia 21.32 lower open
16 Germany 21.06 lower open
17 Canada 20.91 lower open
18 New Zealand 20.87 lower open
19 Poland 20.81 lower open
20 Estonia 20.55 lower open
21 Austria 20.27 lower open
22 United Kingdom 20.24 lower open
23 Latvia 20.11 lower open
24 Slovakia 20 lower open
25 Hungary 19.95 lower open
26 Bulgaria 19.76 lower open
27 Czech Republic 19.55 lower open
28 Spain 19.47 lower open
29 Greece 19.33 lower open
30 Slovenia 19.2 lower open
31 South Africa 19.19 lower open
32 Tunisia 18.94 lower open
33 Brazil 18.77 lower open
34 Oman 18.73 lower open
35 Russia 18.55 lower open
36 Romania 18.51 lower open
37 Luxembourg 18.34 lower open
38 Algeria 18.06 lower open
39 Morocco 17.95 lower open
40 Italy 17.67 lower open
41 Serbia 17.49 lower open
42 South Korea 17.48 lower open
43 Lithuania 17.28 lower open
44 Portugal 16.69 lower open
45 Thailand 16.69 lower open
46 China 16.63 lower open
47 Jordan 15.84 lower open
48 Chile 15.07 lower open
49 Argentina 14.92 lower open
50 Colombia 14.89 lower open
51 Philippines 14.51 lower open
52 Turkey 14.46 lower open
53 Bahrain 14.11 lower open
54 United States 13.94 lower open
55 Peru 13.41 lower open
56 Qatar 12.88 lower open
57 Hong Kong 12.85 lower open
58 United Arab Emirates 12.22 lower open
59 Malaysia 11.96 lower open
60 Ireland 11.83 lower open
61 Switzerland 11.26 lower open
62 Mexico 11.21 lower open
63 Kenya 11.16 lower open
64 Kazakhstan 10.79 lower open
65 Singapore 10.59 lower open
66 India 9.99 lower open
67 Vietnam 8.88 lower open
68 Pakistan 8.87 lower open
69 Indonesia 7.73 lower open
70 Egypt 6.27 lower open
71 Bangladesh 5.91 lower open
72 Ethiopia 5.52 lower open
73 Ghana 4.86 lower open

Ranking interpretation

context

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

Production version: ranking tables should show source timestamp, latest available year and fallback status.

Countries by Government Spending: 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 Spending 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 spending by country, global government spending ranking, country ranking government spending.