NAAG Chapter 6: General Government — Other expenditure by general government by country
Countries reporting
36
Highest
17.81 Percentage of GDP
Brazil
Lowest
2.58 Percentage of GDP
Ireland
Median
7.37 Percentage of GDP
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
1,244
What the numbers show
NAAG Chapter 6: General Government — Other expenditure by general government is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 17.81 Percentage of GDP in Brazil; the lowest is 2.58 Percentage of GDP in Ireland.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.37 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 7.81 Percentage of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 170.0%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 53.4%).
NAAG Chapter 6: General Government — Other expenditure by general: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 17.81 Percentage of GDP | 2020 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 16.48 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 170.0% | falling |
| 3 | Hungary | 12.28 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 3 | Poland | 7.13 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 46.6% | falling |
| 4 | Mexico | 11.61 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 4 | Slovenia | 5.77 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 5 | Colombia | 10.56 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands | 4.92 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 6 | Indonesia | 10.4 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 6 | Estonia | 4.76 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 7 | Italy | 9.73 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 7 | Latvia | 4.59 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 8 | Israel | 9.68 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 8 | Lithuania | 4.21 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 9 | France | 9.31 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 10 | Belgium | 8.62 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 11 | Greece | 8.48 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 12 | Iceland | 8.02 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 13 | Austria | 7.99 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 14 | Sweden | 7.83 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 15 | New Zealand | 7.72 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 30.8% | falling |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 7.61 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 7.59 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 18 | Norway | 7.4 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 41.8% | falling |
| 19 | Canada | 7.34 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 20 | Russia | 6.93 Percentage of GDP | 2019 | up 25.1% | flat |
| 21 | Switzerland | 6.56 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 22 | Spain | 6.32 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 23 | Germany | 6.18 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 24 | Czechia | 6.15 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 25 | Denmark | 5.96 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 26 | Portugal | 5.95 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 38.3% | flat |
| 27 | United States | 5.75 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 23.9% | falling |
| 28 | Finland | 5.68 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 29 | Japan | 5.17 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 30 | Ireland | 2.58 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 53.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 7.75 Percentage of GDP
- European Union 7.24 Percentage of GDP
- Euro area 7.23 Percentage of GDP
- Slovak Republic 5.86 Percentage of GDP