Government spending
% of GDP · no best or worst — smallest to largest
149 of 216 countries report a figure for government spending
World average: 27.6%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #149 | United Arab Emirates | 3.8% | 2023 | |
| #148 | Ethiopia | 6.1% | 2023 | |
| #147 | Lebanon | 6.3% | 2021 | |
| #146 | Somalia | 6.3% | 2023 | |
| #145 | Bangladesh | 8.3% | 2021 | |
| #144 | Sudan | 9.7% | 2016 | |
| #143 | Laos | 10.3% | 2022 | |
| #142 | Zimbabwe | 11.0% | 2018 | |
| #141 | Tajikistan | 11.0% | 2023 | |
| #140 | Madagascar | 11.0% | 2023 | |
| #139 | Equatorial Guinea | 11.0% | 2022 | |
| #138 | Central African Republic | 11.7% | 2021 | |
| #137 | Mali | 12.2% | 2020 | |
| #136 | Burundi | 12.3% | 2021 | |
| #135 | Cameroon | 12.4% | 2021 | |
| #134 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 12.4% | 2022 | |
| #133 | Cambodia | 12.9% | 2023 | |
| #132 | Guatemala | 13.5% | 2023 | |
| #131 | India | 13.7% | 2022 | |
| #130 | Myanmar | 13.8% | 2019 | |
| #129 | Gabon | 14.1% | 2021 | |
| #128 | Angola | 14.6% | 2019 | |
| #127 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.5% | 2023 | |
| #126 | Togo | 16.0% | 2023 | |
| #125 | Switzerland | 16.1% | 2023 | |
| #124 | Republic of the Congo | 16.1% | 2021 | |
| #123 | Nicaragua | 16.3% | 2023 | |
| #122 | Tanzania | 16.3% | 2024 | |
| #121 | Uganda | 16.6% | 2023 | |
| #120 | Philippines | 16.9% | 2023 | |
| #119 | Malaysia | 17.0% | 2023 | |
| #118 | Singapore | 17.1% | 2023 | |
| #117 | Panama | 17.1% | 2021 | |
| #116 | Kazakhstan | 17.4% | 2023 | |
| #115 | Saint Lucia | 17.6% | 2017 | |
| #114 | Ivory Coast | 17.9% | 2023 | |
| #113 | Rwanda | 18.0% | 2023 | |
| #112 | Sri Lanka | 18.0% | 2023 | |
| #111 | Dominican Republic | 18.1% | 2023 | |
| #110 | Paraguay | 18.9% | 2023 | |
| #109 | Canada | 19.1% | 2023 | |
| #108 | Ireland | 19.2% | 2022 | |
| #107 | Nepal | 19.4% | 2021 | |
| #106 | Burkina Faso | 19.6% | 2023 | |
| #105 | Macau | 19.6% | 2023 | |
| #104 | Japan | 20.1% | 2022 | |
| #103 | Malawi | 20.2% | 2022 | |
| #102 | Papua New Guinea | 20.3% | 2023 | |
| #101 | The Bahamas | 20.3% | 2023 | |
| #100 | Thailand | 20.7% | 2023 | |
| #99 | Armenia | 20.9% | 2023 | |
| #98 | Argentina | 21.0% | 2023 | |
| #97 | Belize | 22.3% | 2017 | |
| #96 | Uzbekistan | 22.3% | 2023 | |
| #95 | Mexico | 22.5% | 2023 | |
| #94 | Ghana | 22.7% | 2022 | |
| #93 | Peru | 22.8% | 2021 | |
| #92 | Azerbaijan | 23.0% | 2022 | |
| #91 | Federated States of Micronesia | 23.4% | 2020 | |
| #90 | Senegal | 23.6% | 2023 | |
| #89 | Kyrgyzstan | 23.7% | 2023 | |
| #88 | Bhutan | 24.1% | 2020 | |
| #87 | Saudi Arabia | 24.2% | 2023 | |
| #86 | Honduras | 24.4% | 2020 | |
| #85 | United States | 24.4% | 2023 | |
| #84 | Chile | 24.6% | 2023 | |
| #83 | Eswatini | 24.6% | 2021 | |
| #82 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24.7% | 2017 | |
| #81 | Zambia | 25.1% | 2021 | |
| #80 | Georgia | 25.2% | 2023 | |
| #79 | Albania | 25.4% | 2023 | |
| #78 | Jordan | 25.9% | 2023 | |
| #77 | Mozambique | 26.0% | 2022 | |
| #76 | Bahrain | 26.1% | 2020 | |
| #75 | Palestine | 26.2% | 2021 | |
| #74 | Botswana | 26.5% | 2024 | |
| #73 | Morocco | 26.6% | 2023 | |
| #72 | Vanuatu | 26.6% | 2023 | |
| #71 | Samoa | 26.7% | 2023 | |
| #70 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 26.7% | 2020 | |
| #69 | Jamaica | 27.5% | 2020 | |
| #68 | Australia | 27.6% | 2022 | |
| #67 | Iraq | 27.6% | 2019 | |
| #66 | Fiji | 27.8% | 2023 | |
| #65 | Kenya | 27.8% | 2023 | |
| #64 | El Salvador | 27.9% | 2023 | |
| #63 | South Korea | 28.3% | 2023 | |
| #62 | Belarus | 28.5% | 2023 | |
| #61 | Costa Rica | 28.6% | 2023 | |
| #60 | Barbados | 28.8% | 2016 | |
| #59 | Solomon Islands | 28.9% | 2022 | |
| #58 | Mauritius | 29.1% | 2023 | |
| #57 | Maldives | 29.5% | 2021 | |
| #56 | Russia | 30.0% | 2023 | |
| #55 | Ecuador | 30.4% | 2022 | |
| #54 | Cape Verde | 30.9% | 2020 | |
| #53 | Germany | 31.2% | 2022 | |
| #52 | Mongolia | 31.7% | 2021 | |
| #51 | Iceland | 32.0% | 2023 | |
| #50 | Brazil | 32.4% | 2023 | |
| #49 | Sweden | 32.5% | 2022 | |
| #48 | Turkey | 33.0% | 2023 | |
| #47 | Colombia | 33.3% | 2023 | |
| #46 | Trinidad and Tobago | 33.3% | 2019 | |
| #45 | Denmark | 33.3% | 2023 | |
| #44 | North Macedonia | 33.4% | 2023 | |
| #43 | South Africa | 33.4% | 2022 | |
| #42 | Malta | 33.7% | 2023 | |
| #41 | Lithuania | 33.9% | 2023 | |
| #40 | Spain | 34.0% | 2023 | |
| #39 | Latvia | 34.2% | 2023 | |
| #38 | Czech Republic | 34.4% | 2022 | |
| #37 | Moldova | 34.5% | 2023 | |
| #36 | Norway | 34.5% | 2023 | |
| #35 | Tonga | 34.7% | 2023 | |
| #34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.3% | 2023 | |
| #33 | Serbia | 35.5% | 2022 | |
| #32 | New Zealand | 35.5% | 2022 | |
| #31 | Bulgaria | 35.8% | 2023 | |
| #30 | Namibia | 36.2% | 2023 | |
| #29 | Uruguay | 36.5% | 2023 | |
| #28 | Portugal | 37.2% | 2023 | |
| #27 | Romania | 37.3% | 2022 | |
| #26 | Israel | 37.3% | 2023 | |
| #25 | Estonia | 37.7% | 2023 | |
| #24 | Croatia | 38.1% | 2023 | |
| #23 | Cyprus | 38.5% | 2023 | |
| #22 | Poland | 39.1% | 2023 | |
| #21 | Afghanistan | 39.2% | 2017 | |
| #20 | Belgium | 39.7% | 2022 | |
| #19 | Slovakia | 39.8% | 2022 | |
| #18 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 40.0% | 2023 | |
| #17 | Lesotho | 40.2% | 2022 | |
| #16 | San Marino | 40.5% | 2023 | |
| #15 | United Kingdom | 41.2% | 2023 | |
| #14 | Luxembourg | 42.2% | 2023 | |
| #13 | Hungary | 42.4% | 2022 | |
| #12 | Slovenia | 42.9% | 2023 | |
| #11 | Finland | 44.9% | 2023 | |
| #10 | Austria | 46.0% | 2023 | |
| #9 | France | 47.3% | 2023 | |
| #8 | Italy | 47.3% | 2023 | |
| #7 | Greece | 47.3% | 2023 | |
| #6 | Timor-Leste | 52.5% | 2022 | |
| #5 | Palau | 59.0% | 2020 | |
| #4 | Marshall Islands | 59.4% | 2020 | |
| #3 | Ukraine | 65.6% | 2023 | |
| #2 | Kiribati | 83.7% | 2023 | |
| #1 | Nauru | 103.6% | 2020 | |
| — | Algeria | — | — | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Andorra | — | — | |
| — | Antigua and Barbuda | — | — | |
| — | Aruba | — | — | |
| — | Benin | — | — | |
| — | Bermuda | — | — | |
| — | Bolivia | — | — | |
| — | British Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Brunei | — | — | |
| — | Cayman Islands | — | — | |
| — | Chad | — | — | |
| — | People's Republic of China | — | — | |
| — | Comoros | — | — | |
| — | Cuba | — | — | |
| — | Curaçao | — | — | |
| — | Djibouti | — | — | |
| — | Dominica | — | — | |
| — | Egypt | — | — | |
| — | Eritrea | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | French Polynesia | — | — | |
| — | The Gambia | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Grenada | — | — | |
| — | Guam | — | — | |
| — | Guinea | — | — | |
| — | Guyana | — | — | |
| — | Haiti | — | — | |
| — | Hong Kong | — | — | |
| — | Indonesia | — | — | |
| — | Iran | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | North Korea | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Kuwait | — | — | |
| — | Liberia | — | — | |
| — | Libya | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Mauritania | — | — | |
| — | Monaco | — | — | |
| — | Montenegro | — | — | |
| — | New Caledonia | — | — | |
| — | Niger | — | — | |
| — | Nigeria | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Oman | — | — | |
| — | Pakistan | — | — | |
| — | Puerto Rico | — | — | |
| — | Qatar | — | — | |
| — | São Tomé and Príncipe | — | — | |
| — | Seychelles | — | — | |
| — | Sierra Leone | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | South Sudan | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Suriname | — | — | |
| — | Syria | — | — | |
| — | Tunisia | — | — | |
| — | Turkmenistan | — | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | — | |
| — | Tuvalu | — | — | |
| — | Venezuela | — | — | |
| — | Vietnam | — | — | |
| — | United States Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Yemen | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)