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Expenditure, General government, Percent of GDP (9/26/2025) by country

The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is created during the biannual WEO exercise, which begins in January and June of each year and results in the April and September/October WEO publication. Selected series from the publication are available in a database format.

Countries reporting
26
Highest
48.97
Poland
Lowest
12.27
Nigeria
Median
26.79
Years covered
52
1980–2031
Data points
1,067

What the numbers show

Expenditure, General government, Percent of GDP (9/26/2025) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 48.97 in Poland; the lowest is 12.27 in Nigeria.

The median across all reporting countries is 26.79, and the mean is 29.95.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 35.0%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 29.5%).

Expenditure, General government, Percent of GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Poland 48.97 2031 up 12.4% rising
2 Spain 45.52 2031 down 8.0% rising
3 Estonia 45.47 2031 up 8.0% rising
4 Latvia 45.34 2031 up 1.7% rising
5 Montenegro 45.14 2031 up 0.1% flat
6 Lithuania 43.29 2031 up 15.9% rising
7 Japan 39.44 2031 down 4.6% rising
8 Ecuador 38.39 2025 down 12.9% rising
9 Maldives 37.89 2031 down 6.8% rising
10 Australia 37.53 2031 down 9.9% rising
11 Türkiye 32.6 2031 up 6.7% falling
12 Brunei Darussalam 29.1 2031 down 3.2% falling
13 India 28.44 2031 down 7.3% rising
14 Honduras 25.14 2031 down 12.7% rising
15 Saudi Arabia 25.02 2031 down 11.3% falling
16 United Arab Emirates 24.39 2031 down 6.0% falling
17 Republic of Korea 24.32 2031 up 0.9% rising
18 Thailand 23.3 2031 down 13.0% rising
19 Hong Kong, China 21.25 2031 down 10.3% rising
20 Egypt 20.27 2031 down 20.6% falling
21 Ghana 19.17 2031 down 29.5% rising
22 Taiwan, China 17.99 2031 up 3.9% falling
23 Dominican Republic 17.83 2031 down 3.2% rising
24 Singapore 17.73 2031 up 15.5% rising
25 Iran, Islamic Republic of 12.97 2031 down 2.9% falling
26 Nigeria 12.27 2031 up 35.0% falling

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Indicator
Expenditure, General government, Percent of GDP (9/26/2025)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
26 places, 1,067 data points, 1980–2031
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The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is created during the biannual WEO exercise, which begins in January and June of each year and results in the April and September/October WEO publication. Selected series from the publication are available in a database format.