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Expenditure, General government, Percent of GDP by country

Fiscal Monitor (FM) 2025 October

Countries reporting
195
Highest
123.34
Naoero
Lowest
7.4
Somalia
Median
28.26
Years covered
40
1991–2030
Data points
7,647

What the numbers show

Expenditure, General government, Percent of GDP is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 123.34 in Naoero; the lowest is 7.4 in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 28.26, and the mean is 32.05.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.

Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 144 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 103.7%), and the largest decrease in San Marino (down 65.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Naoero 123.34 2030 up 12.7% rising
2 Tuvalu 116.53 2030 down 2.5% rising
3 Kiribati 100.61 2030 down 1.6% rising
4 Timor-Leste 83.26 2030 up 34.9% falling
5 Marshall Islands 80.44 2030 up 18.6% rising
6 Micronesia (country) 67.95 2030 up 12.2% falling
7 France 57.77 2030 down 6.4% rising
8 Finland 56.69 2030 up 0.4% flat
9 Belgium 56.11 2030 down 4.0% rising
10 Lesotho 55.88 2030 up 2.6% rising
11 Austria 55.82 2030 down 2.6% rising
12 Libya 54.55 2030 down 4.9% rising
13 Germany 52.21 2030 up 2.2% flat
14 Kuwait 50.95 2030 down 19.0% volatile
15 Luxembourg 50.55 2030 up 7.5% rising
16 Denmark 50.44 2030 down 5.4% falling
17 Norway 50.25 2030 down 11.4% flat
18 Palau 49.96 2030 down 14.2% rising
19 Tonga 49.71 2030 up 31.2% rising
20 Italy 49.41 2030 down 13.0% flat
21 Slovenia 48.41 2030 down 6.5% flat
22 Poland 48.23 2030 up 1.0% rising
23 Greece 48.16 2030 down 18.8% rising
24 Hungary 47.73 2030 down 6.5% falling
25 Sweden 47.56 2030 down 8.6% falling
26 Croatia 47.48 2030 down 11.5% falling
27 Netherlands 47.04 2030 down 1.6% falling
28 Slovakia 46.8 2030 up 5.2% flat
29 Latvia 45.02 2030 up 5.6% rising
30 Montenegro 44.82 2030 down 18.3% flat
31 Brazil 44.69 2030 down 3.2% rising
32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 44.39 2030 down 2.2% falling
33 Spain 44.2 2030 down 14.1% rising
34 Czechia 43.98 2030 down 4.9% flat
35 Estonia 43.65 2030 down 2.4% rising
36 Portugal 43.26 2030 down 11.9% flat
37 Canada 43.18 2030 down 17.5% falling
38 Iceland 42.84 2030 down 14.6% flat
39 Dominica 42.79 2030 down 39.0% rising
40 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 42.79 2030 down 14.4% rising
41 Ukraine 42.62 2030 down 6.5% rising
42 Lithuania 42.44 2030 up 0.2% rising
43 Belarus 42.43 2030 up 11.5% falling
44 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 42.13 2030 up 14.6% rising
45 Serbia 41.6 2030 down 9.6% rising
46 Iraq 41.49 2030 down 0.9% falling
47 Japan 41.38 2030 down 7.1% rising
48 Cyprus 41.31 2030 down 10.1% rising
49 Maldives 41.03 2030 down 18.5% rising
50 Israel 40.48 2030 down 9.7% falling
51 Saint Kitts and Nevis 40.29 2030 up 10.3% rising
52 Republic of Moldova 38.88 2030 up 6.0% flat
53 United States 38.2 2030 down 14.6% rising
54 Australia 37.63 2030 down 15.3% rising
55 Russian Federation 37.6 2030 down 4.0% rising
56 Andorra 37.4 2030 down 11.7% rising
57 Namibia 37.31 2030 down 10.1% rising
58 Romania 37.2 2030 down 2.3% rising
59 North Macedonia 37.13 2030 up 2.0% rising
60 New Zealand 36.93 2030 down 12.1% falling
61 Bulgaria 36.4 2030 down 3.3% rising
62 Solomon Islands 35.83 2030 down 11.3% rising
63 Malta 35.52 2030 down 15.6% falling
64 Mongolia 35.22 2030 down 5.1% flat
65 Kyrgyzstan 35.18 2030 up 9.7% rising
66 Tunisia 35.14 2030 up 1.8% rising
67 Ecuador 35.14 2030 down 12.6% rising
68 Seychelles 34.73 2030 down 25.6% falling
69 Vanuatu 34.63 2030 down 20.2% rising
70 China 33.71 2030 down 3.2% rising
71 Bhutan 32.96 2030 up 6.5% falling
72 Argentina 32.86 2030 down 22.6% rising
73 Türkiye 32.4 2030 down 4.8% falling
74 Uruguay 32.39 2030 down 1.2% rising
75 South Africa 32.33 2030 down 6.6% rising
76 Samoa 32.29 2030 up 5.9% falling
77 Switzerland 32.27 2030 down 12.8% flat
78 Kosovo 31.97 2030 down 4.4% rising
79 Azerbaijan 31.66 2030 down 21.2% rising
80 Colombia 31.64 2030 down 6.1% rising
81 Botswana 31.63 2030 down 17.8% falling
82 Algeria 31.53 2030 down 15.9% rising
83 Trinidad and Tobago 31.35 2030 down 13.4% rising
84 Morocco 31.31 2030 down 8.3% rising
85 Eritrea 31.26 2019 down 30.4% falling
86 Eswatini 30.88 2030 down 5.5% rising
87 Albania 30.56 2030 down 5.6% falling
88 Jordan 30.17 2030 down 10.4% falling
89 Fiji 30.05 2030 down 17.1% rising
90 Tajikistan 29.94 2030 up 2.6% rising
91 Georgia 29.78 2030 down 12.7% rising
92 El Salvador 29.74 2030 down 9.1% rising
93 Jamaica 29.25 2030 down 1.8% rising
94 Gabon 28.81 2030 up 45.7% falling
95 Grenada 28.71 2030 down 12.2% rising
96 Syria 28.64 2010 up 4.6% falling
97 Uzbekistan 28.32 2030 up 8.8% falling
98 Mauritius 28.26 2030 down 13.3% rising
99 Bahrain 28.17 2030 down 18.5% rising
100 Armenia 28.16 2030 down 8.1% rising
101 Malawi 28.14 2030 up 23.8% rising
102 Mozambique 28.12 2030 down 16.9% rising
103 Mauritania 27.81 2030 up 50.1% rising
104 Nicaragua 27.71 2030 down 4.2% rising
105 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27.52 2030 down 16.4% rising
106 Barbados 27.29 2030 down 9.9% rising
107 Belize 27.25 2030 down 17.8% rising
108 India 27.24 2030 down 12.2% rising
109 Mexico 27.2 2030 down 2.1% rising
110 Chile 26.38 2030 down 9.3% rising
111 Mali 26.34 2030 up 0.9% rising
112 Saudi Arabia 26.24 2030 down 29.8% falling
113 Brunei Darussalam 26.06 2030 down 21.6% falling
114 Cape Verde 26.03 2030 down 24.7% falling
115 Nepal 26 2030 down 8.7% rising
116 Senegal 25.92 2030 down 12.5% rising
117 Honduras 25.79 2030 down 9.3% rising
118 Burkina Faso 25.4 2030 up 4.0% rising
119 Rwanda 25.1 2030 down 25.0% rising
120 Zambia 24.96 2030 down 26.7% rising
121 Saint Lucia 24.64 2030 down 29.5% rising
122 Republic of Korea 24.57 2030 up 3.9% rising
123 Qatar 24.25 2030 down 30.1% falling
124 Macao 24.12 2030 down 51.1% rising
125 United Arab Emirates 23.96 2030 down 21.3% flat
126 Thailand 23.42 2030 down 5.9% rising
127 Burundi 23.32 2030 down 20.0% flat
128 Ireland 23.27 2030 down 12.8% falling
129 Togo 23.26 2030 down 1.8% rising
130 Gambia 23.02 2030 down 9.2% rising
131 Oman 22.98 2030 down 48.4% falling
132 Kenya 22.81 2030 down 8.0% rising
133 South Sudan 22.74 2030 down 33.3% volatile
134 Côte d'Ivoire 22.61 2030 up 11.0% rising
135 Uganda 22.56 2030 up 5.2% rising
136 Aruba 22.34 2030 down 46.7% flat
137 Philippines 22.3 2030 down 14.0% rising
138 Guyana 21.9 2030 down 28.3% flat
139 Malaysia 21.89 2030 down 12.6% falling
140 Yemen 21.68 2030 up 103.7% falling
141 Myanmar 21.67 2030 up 1.7% rising
142 Bahamas 21.58 2030 down 23.4% rising
143 Egypt 21.56 2030 down 16.1% falling
144 Liberia 21.48 2030 down 39.1% rising
145 Panama 21.11 2030 down 23.3% falling
146 Antigua and Barbuda 21.02 2030 down 19.1% flat
147 Hong Kong 20.85 2030 down 30.3% rising
148 Tanzania, United Republic of 20.81 2030 up 19.3% rising
149 San Marino 20.61 2030 down 65.2% flat
150 Peru 20.59 2030 down 19.7% rising
151 Benin 20.42 2030 up 7.0% rising
152 Kazakhstan 20.21 2030 down 17.7% falling
153 Paraguay 20.02 2030 down 11.5% rising
154 Viet Nam 20.01 2030 down 5.8% flat
155 Lebanon 20.01 2030 down 13.7% falling
156 Puerto Rico 19.7 2030 down 7.8% flat
157 Ghana 19.61 2030 down 37.8% rising
158 Afghanistan 19.38 2024 down 23.7% rising
159 Guinea-Bissau 19.29 2030 down 23.0% rising
160 Congo 19.1 2030 down 9.5% falling
161 Comoros 19.07 2030 up 1.6% rising
162 Papua New Guinea 19 2030 down 19.2% flat
163 Pakistan 18.77 2030 down 7.5% rising
164 Guinea 18.74 2030 up 9.7% rising
165 Sri Lanka 18.64 2030 down 15.8% falling
166 Suriname 18.34 2030 down 39.3% rising
167 Singapore 18.14 2030 down 24.9% rising
168 Djibouti 18.13 2030 down 29.7% falling
169 Sao Tome and Principe 18.04 2030 down 22.2% falling
170 Equatorial Guinea 17.98 2030 up 11.2% volatile
171 Taiwan 17.69 2030 down 2.1% falling
172 Cambodia 17.64 2030 down 13.1% rising
173 Chad 17.58 2030 up 24.8% rising
174 Dominican Republic 17.43 2030 down 21.4% rising
175 Madagascar 17.18 2030 up 5.1% flat
176 Indonesia 16.99 2030 down 7.8% rising
177 Costa Rica 16.81 2030 down 24.6% rising
178 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 16.74 2030 up 50.0% falling
179 Cameroon 16.48 2030 down 0.6% rising
180 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 16.48 2030 up 35.9% rising
181 Angola 16.23 2030 down 18.8% falling
182 Lao People's Democratic Republic 15.3 2030 down 16.7% falling
183 Central African Republic 15.29 2030 down 36.8% falling
184 Guatemala 15.27 2030 down 2.0% rising
185 Zimbabwe 15.22 2030 up 64.2% rising
186 Niger 14.93 2030 down 33.2% rising
187 Bangladesh 14.64 2030 up 10.0% rising
188 Iran 14.04 2030 up 15.7% falling
189 Turkmenistan 13.97 2030 up 3.1% falling
190 Sudan 13.78 2030 up 26.4% volatile
191 Ethiopia 13.59 2030 down 6.1% falling
192 Sierra Leone 13.46 2030 down 13.8% rising
193 Nigeria 12.46 2030 up 42.7% falling
194 Haiti 8.6 2030 down 12.8% falling
195 Somalia 7.4 2030 up 35.3% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Expenditure, General government, Percent of GDP
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
213 places, 7,647 data points, 1991–2030
Last refreshed

Fiscal Monitor (FM) 2025 October