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Countries by Government spending share of GDP (2024)

Government spending share of GDP in 2024: highest in Timor-Leste (60.57%), lowest in Ghana (4.8%), median 16.76% across the 169 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Government spending share of GDP (measured in %) across 227 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %227 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1960–2025

Highest Government spending share of GDP, 2024

  1. 1.Timor-Leste60.57%
  2. 2.Kiribati59.02%
  3. 3.Marshall Islands54.53%
  4. 4.Palau38.3%
  5. 5.Ukraine37.56%
  6. 6.Lesotho35.75%
  7. 7.Libya34.21%
  8. 8.French Polynesia32.01%
  9. 9.Botswana31.75%
  10. 10.Faroe Islands27.86%

Lowest Government spending share of GDP, 2024

  1. 160.Nepal7.74%
  2. 161.Sri Lanka6.95%
  3. 162.Egypt6.27%
  4. 163.Haiti5.93%
  5. 164.Bangladesh5.91%
  6. 165.Cambodia5.82%
  7. 166.Sierra Leone5.62%
  8. 167.Ethiopia5.52%
  9. 168.Lebanon4.9%
  10. 169.Ghana4.8%

All 169 ranked countries, 2024— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Government spending share of GDP trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

Timor-LesteRank 1 of 169KiribatiRank 2 of 169Marshall IslandsRank 3 of 169PalauRank 4 of 169UkraineRank 5 of 169LesothoRank 6 of 169LibyaRank 7 of 169French PolynesiaRank 8 of 169BotswanaRank 9 of 169Faroe IslandsRank 10 of 169SwedenRank 11 of 169Solomon IslandsRank 12 of 169FinlandRank 13 of 169Equatorial GuineaRank 14 of 169IcelandRank 15 of 169KuwaitRank 16 of 169NetherlandsRank 17 of 169IsraelRank 18 of 169CubaRank 19 of 169SeychellesRank 20 of 169FranceRank 21 of 169BelgiumRank 22 of 169AfghanistanRank 23 of 169TongaRank 24 of 169CroatiaRank 25 of 169DenmarkRank 26 of 169Brunei DarussalamRank 27 of 169NamibiaRank 28 of 169Cabo VerdeRank 29 of 169IraqRank 30 of 169AustraliaRank 31 of 169NorwayRank 32 of 169GermanyRank 33 of 169LatviaRank 34 of 169AustriaRank 35 of 169EswatiniRank 36 of 169VanuatuRank 37 of 169CanadaRank 38 of 169Saudi ArabiaRank 39 of 169BurundiRank 40 of 169SlovakiaRank 41 of 169New ZealandRank 42 of 169EstoniaRank 43 of 169United KingdomRank 44 of 169PolandRank 45 of 169SloveniaRank 46 of 169HungaryRank 47 of 169JapanRank 48 of 169Czech RepublicRank 49 of 169BhutanRank 50 of 169BulgariaRank 51 of 169Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 52 of 169Burkina FasoRank 53 of 169SpainRank 54 of 169South AfricaRank 55 of 169LuxembourgRank 56 of 169MalawiRank 57 of 169TunisiaRank 58 of 169FijiRank 59 of 169LithuaniaRank 60 of 169BrazilRank 61 of 169OmanRank 62 of 169GreeceRank 63 of 169RomaniaRank 64 of 169CyprusRank 65 of 169MozambiqueRank 66 of 169RussiaRank 67 of 169BelarusRank 68 of 169ItalyRank 69 of 169AlgeriaRank 70 of 169MoroccoRank 71 of 169El SalvadorRank 72 of 169ArubaRank 73 of 169MoldovaRank 74 of 169MontenegroRank 75 of 169West Bank and GazaRank 76 of 169SerbiaRank 77 of 169South KoreaRank 78 of 169DR CongoRank 79 of 169MaldivesRank 80 of 169UruguayRank 81 of 169DjiboutiRank 82 of 169MaltaRank 83 of 169PortugalRank 84 of 169SamoaRank 85 of 169RwandaRank 86 of 169ChinaRank 87 of 169ThailandRank 88 of 169SudanRank 89 of 169BoliviaRank 90 of 169SenegalRank 91 of 169Guinea-BissauRank 92 of 169BelizeRank 93 of 169MauritaniaRank 94 of 169AngolaRank 95 of 169North MacedoniaRank 96 of 169MongoliaRank 97 of 169ChileRank 98 of 169HondurasRank 99 of 169MauritiusRank 100 of 169ArgentinaRank 101 of 169ColombiaRank 102 of 169UzbekistanRank 103 of 169MadagascarRank 104 of 169PhilippinesRank 105 of 169TurkeyRank 106 of 169AzerbaijanRank 107 of 169Costa RicaRank 108 of 169BahrainRank 109 of 169Kyrgyz RepublicRank 110 of 169GuineaRank 111 of 169United StatesRank 112 of 169EcuadorRank 113 of 169Republic of the CongoRank 114 of 169PeruRank 115 of 169IranRank 116 of 169MaliRank 117 of 169The BahamasRank 118 of 169GeorgiaRank 119 of 169Hong KongRank 120 of 169ZambiaRank 121 of 169MacaoRank 122 of 169AlbaniaRank 123 of 169KosovoRank 124 of 169PanamaRank 125 of 169TurkmenistanRank 126 of 169NicaraguaRank 127 of 169ZimbabweRank 128 of 169IrelandRank 129 of 169MalaysiaRank 130 of 169SwitzerlandRank 131 of 169ParaguayRank 132 of 169MexicoRank 133 of 169CameroonRank 134 of 169Dominican RepublicRank 135 of 169TajikistanRank 136 of 169NigerRank 137 of 169KenyaRank 138 of 169GuatemalaRank 139 of 169KazakhstanRank 140 of 169BermudaRank 141 of 169IndiaRank 142 of 169ArmeniaRank 143 of 169GabonRank 144 of 169SingaporeRank 145 of 169UgandaRank 146 of 169ChadRank 147 of 169Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 148 of 169The GambiaRank 149 of 169Cote d'IvoireRank 150 of 169TanzaniaRank 151 of 169Central African RepublicRank 152 of 169BeninRank 153 of 169ComorosRank 154 of 169PakistanRank 155 of 169VietnamRank 156 of 169Puerto RicoRank 157 of 169SomaliaRank 158 of 169IndonesiaRank 159 of 169NepalRank 160 of 169Sri LankaRank 161 of 169EgyptRank 162 of 169HaitiRank 163 of 169BangladeshRank 164 of 169CambodiaRank 165 of 169Sierra LeoneRank 166 of 169EthiopiaRank 167 of 169LebanonRank 168 of 169GhanaRank 169 of 169

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Government spending share of GDP Data Coverage

This page lists 227 countries with available Government spending share of GDP data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.