Subnational government expenditure by country
This dataset includes subnational government expenditure expressed in several units of measures: USD PPP, USD PPP per capita, percentage of GDP, and percentage of total public expenditure.<br/><br/>The Subnational Government Structure and Finance Dashboard compiles several datasets with comparable data on...
What the numbers show
Subnational government expenditure is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 57.75 Percentage of GDP in Finland; the lowest is 22.37 Percentage of GDP in Ireland.
The median across all reporting countries is 45.2 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 43.86 Percentage of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 27.8%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 38.9%).
Subnational government expenditure: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 57.75 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 2 | France | 56.99 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 3 | Austria | 55.29 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 4 | Belgium | 54.06 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 5 | Italy | 50.4 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 6 | Sweden | 50.07 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 7 | Germany | 49.43 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 8 | Poland | 49.23 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 9 | Greece | 48.1 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 10 | Norway | 47.76 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 11 | Denmark | 47.33 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 12 | Hungary | 47.32 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 13 | Iceland | 47.14 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 46.84 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 15 | Slovenia | 46.48 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 46.26 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 17 | Spain | 45.47 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 18 | Latvia | 45.3 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 19 | Canada | 45.11 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 20 | Israel | 44.3 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 21 | Netherlands | 44.29 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 22 | Estonia | 43.96 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 23 | Czechia | 43.2 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 24 | Portugal | 42.38 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 18.0% | flat |
| 25 | OECD | 42.16 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 26 | New Zealand | 40.55 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 27 | United States | 39.57 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 28 | Lithuania | 39.42 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 29 | Australia | 39.28 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 30 | Japan | 38.73 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 31 | Costa Rica | 38.24 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 27.8% | flat |
| 32 | Colombia | 35.71 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 33 | Switzerland | 32.47 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 34 | Mexico | 29.19 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 35 | Chile | 26.69 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 36 | Ireland | 22.37 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Slovak Republic 47.43 Percentage of GDP
- Korea 35.05 Percentage of GDP
About this data
This dataset includes subnational government expenditure expressed in several units of measures: USD PPP, USD PPP per capita, percentage of GDP, and percentage of total public expenditure.<br/><br/>The Subnational Government Structure and Finance Dashboard compiles several datasets with comparable data on institutional organisation and public finance at subnational government level. It provides data for the time period 2000 - 2024 (based on data availability), for all 38 OECD member countries, and the average for the European Union. It includes data for the subnational government sector, for both state and local government levels for some federal countries.<br/><br/>The data for the latest year available is also available in <a href="https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/topics/policy-issues/subnational-finance-and-investment/subnational-governments-infrastructure-finance-2026.pdf">PDF format</a> and via an <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/data/dashboards/oecd-dashboard-on-subnational-government-structure-and-finance.html">Interactive dashboard</a>.