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General government final consumption expenditure, share of GDP in United States

General government final consumption expenditure, share of GDP in the United States was 13.6% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank. That is up 0.1 pts from 2023. That is the 112th highest of 168 countries in 2024.

2024, % of GDP13.6
Change on 2023+0.1 pts
Rank112th of 168Countries ranked
Series high181970
Series low13.52023

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General government final consumption expenditure, share of GDP in United States, 1970 to 2024

131415161718197019781986199420022010201820241970: 18 % of GDP1971: 17.9 % of GDP1972: 17.6 % of GDP1973: 16.8 % of GDP1974: 17.2 % of GDP1975: 17.6 % of GDP1976: 16.8 % of GDP1977: 16.4 % of GDP1978: 15.8 % of GDP1979: 15.4 % of GDP1980: 15.9 % of GDP1981: 15.8 % of GDP1982: 16.6 % of GDP1983: 16.4 % of GDP1984: 15.7 % of GDP1985: 15.9 % of GDP1986: 16.1 % of GDP1987: 16 % of GDP1988: 15.7 % of GDP1989: 15.6 % of GDP1990: 15.9 % of GDP1991: 16.3 % of GDP1992: 16.1 % of GDP1993: 15.6 % of GDP1994: 15.2 % of GDP1995: 14.9 % of GDP1996: 14.5 % of GDP1997: 14.2 % of GDP1998: 14 % of GDP1999: 14 % of GDP2000: 14 % of GDP2001: 14.5 % of GDP2002: 15.1 % of GDP2003: 15.2 % of GDP2004: 15.2 % of GDP2005: 15 % of GDP2006: 15 % of GDP2007: 15.2 % of GDP2008: 15.9 % of GDP2009: 16.8 % of GDP2010: 16.7 % of GDP2011: 16.1 % of GDP2012: 15.5 % of GDP2013: 15 % of GDP2014: 14.6 % of GDP2015: 14.2 % of GDP2016: 14.1 % of GDP2017: 13.8 % of GDP2018: 13.8 % of GDP2019: 14 % of GDP2020: 14.9 % of GDP2021: 14.2 % of GDP2022: 13.7 % of GDP2023: 13.5 % of GDP2024: 13.6 % of GDP1214161819701989200820241970: 18 % of GDP1971: 17.9 % of GDP1972: 17.6 % of GDP1973: 16.8 % of GDP1974: 17.2 % of GDP1975: 17.6 % of GDP1976: 16.8 % of GDP1977: 16.4 % of GDP1978: 15.8 % of GDP1979: 15.4 % of GDP1980: 15.9 % of GDP1981: 15.8 % of GDP1982: 16.6 % of GDP1983: 16.4 % of GDP1984: 15.7 % of GDP1985: 15.9 % of GDP1986: 16.1 % of GDP1987: 16 % of GDP1988: 15.7 % of GDP1989: 15.6 % of GDP1990: 15.9 % of GDP1991: 16.3 % of GDP1992: 16.1 % of GDP1993: 15.6 % of GDP1994: 15.2 % of GDP1995: 14.9 % of GDP1996: 14.5 % of GDP1997: 14.2 % of GDP1998: 14 % of GDP1999: 14 % of GDP2000: 14 % of GDP2001: 14.5 % of GDP2002: 15.1 % of GDP2003: 15.2 % of GDP2004: 15.2 % of GDP2005: 15 % of GDP2006: 15 % of GDP2007: 15.2 % of GDP2008: 15.9 % of GDP2009: 16.8 % of GDP2010: 16.7 % of GDP2011: 16.1 % of GDP2012: 15.5 % of GDP2013: 15 % of GDP2014: 14.6 % of GDP2015: 14.2 % of GDP2016: 14.1 % of GDP2017: 13.8 % of GDP2018: 13.8 % of GDP2019: 14 % of GDP2020: 14.9 % of GDP2021: 14.2 % of GDP2022: 13.7 % of GDP2023: 13.5 % of GDP2024: 13.6 % of GDP
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) (NE.CON.GOVT.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-10-08.
All 55 values
Period% of GDP
202413.6
202313.5
202213.7
202114.2
202014.9
201914
201813.8
201713.8
201614.1
201514.2
201414.6
201315
201215.5
201116.1
201016.7
200916.8
200815.9
200715.2
200615
200515
200415.2
200315.2
200215.1
200114.5
200014
199914
199814
199714.2
199614.5
199514.9
199415.2
199315.6
199216.1
199116.3
199015.9
198915.6
198815.7
198716
198616.1
198515.9
198415.7
198316.4
198216.6
198115.8
198015.9
197915.4
197815.8
197716.4
197616.8
197517.6
197417.2
197316.8
197217.6
197117.9
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United States compared with nearby places

Afghanistan: 23.6 % of GDPAlbania: 12.4 % of GDPArmenia: 10.7 % of GDPAngola: 15.8 % of GDPArgentina: 14.9 % of GDPAustria: 21.6 % of GDPAustralia: 22.1 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 14.2 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 19.6 % of GDPBangladesh: 5.9 % of GDPBelgium: 23.7 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 19.4 % of GDPBulgaria: 19.8 % of GDPBurundi: 21.2 % of GDPBenin: 9 % of GDPBrunei: 22.7 % of GDPBolivia: 16.5 % of GDPBrazil: 18.8 % of GDPBahamas: 12.9 % of GDPBhutan: 20 % of GDPBotswana: 31.8 % of GDPBelarus: 18.3 % of GDPBelize: 15.9 % of GDPCanada: 21.4 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 17.5 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 9.1 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 13.4 % of GDPSwitzerland: 11.9 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 9.3 % of GDPChile: 15.1 % of GDPCameroon: 11.5 % of GDPChina: 16.7 % of GDPColombia: 14.8 % of GDPCosta Rica: 14.1 % of GDPCuba: 24.8 % of GDPCape Verde: 22.2 % of GDPCyprus: 18.4 % of GDPCzechia: 20 % of GDPGermany: 22 % of GDPDjibouti: 17.1 % of GDPDenmark: 23 % of GDPDominican Republic: 11.5 % of GDPAlgeria: 18.1 % of GDPEcuador: 13.4 % of GDPEstonia: 21 % of GDPEgypt: 6.3 % of GDPSpain: 19.3 % of GDPEthiopia: 5.5 % of GDPFinland: 26.1 % of GDPFiji: 18.9 % of GDPFaroe Islands: 27.9 % of GDPFrance: 24.2 % of GDPGabon: 10.3 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 20.9 % of GDPGeorgia: 12.9 % of GDPGhana: 4.8 % of GDPGambia: 9.6 % of GDPGuinea: 13.9 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 25.9 % of GDPGreece: 18.6 % of GDPGuatemala: 10.9 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 16.4 % of GDPHong Kong: 12.8 % of GDPHonduras: 15.1 % of GDPCroatia: 23.1 % of GDPHaiti: 5.9 % of GDPHungary: 20.4 % of GDPIndonesia: 7.7 % of GDPIreland: 12.1 % of GDPIsrael: 25.2 % of GDPIndia: 10.7 % of GDPIraq: 22.2 % of GDPIran: 13.1 % of GDPIceland: 25.9 % of GDPItaly: 18.1 % of GDPJapan: 20.1 % of GDPKenya: 11.2 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 14.1 % of GDPCambodia: 5.8 % of GDPKiribati: 59 % of GDPSouth Korea: 17.5 % of GDPKuwait: 25.8 % of GDPKazakhstan: 10.8 % of GDPLebanon: 4.9 % of GDPSri Lanka: 7 % of GDPLesotho: 35.7 % of GDPLithuania: 18.8 % of GDPLuxembourg: 19.1 % of GDPLatvia: 21.7 % of GDPLibya: 34.2 % of GDPMorocco: 18 % of GDPMoldova: 17.9 % of GDPMontenegro: 17.6 % of GDPMadagascar: 14.8 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 15.5 % of GDPMali: 12.9 % of GDPMongolia: 15.5 % of GDPMauritania: 15.9 % of GDPMauritius: 15 % of GDPMalawi: 19 % of GDPMexico: 11.6 % of GDPMalaysia: 12 % of GDPMozambique: 18.4 % of GDPNamibia: 22.3 % of GDPNiger: 11.2 % of GDPNicaragua: 12.3 % of GDPNetherlands: 25.8 % of GDPNorway: 22.1 % of GDPNepal: 7.7 % of GDPNew Zealand: 21.1 % of GDPOman: 18.7 % of GDPPanama: 12.4 % of GDPPeru: 13.4 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: 32 % of GDPPhilippines: 14.6 % of GDPPakistan: 8.9 % of GDPPoland: 20.8 % of GDPPuerto Rico: 8.1 % of GDPPalestine: 17.5 % of GDPPortugal: 16.8 % of GDPPalau: 38.3 % of GDPParaguay: 11.7 % of GDPRomania: 18.5 % of GDPSerbia: 17.5 % of GDPRussia: 18.3 % of GDPRwanda: 16.7 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 21.3 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 26.2 % of GDPSudan: 16.6 % of GDPSweden: 26.6 % of GDPSingapore: 10.1 % of GDPSlovenia: 20.4 % of GDPSlovakia: 21.1 % of GDPSierra Leone: 5.6 % of GDPSenegal: 16.4 % of GDPSomalia: 7.8 % of GDPEl Salvador: 17.9 % of GDPEswatini: 21.5 % of GDPChad: 9.9 % of GDPThailand: 16.6 % of GDPTajikistan: 11.3 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 60.6 % of GDPTurkmenistan: 12.4 % of GDPTunisia: 18.9 % of GDPTürkiye: 14.5 % of GDPTanzania: 9.1 % of GDPUkraine: 37.6 % of GDPUganda: 10 % of GDPUnited States: 13.6 % of GDPUruguay: 17.4 % of GDPUzbekistan: 14.8 % of GDPVietnam: 8.8 % of GDPVanuatu: 21.4 % of GDPSamoa: 16.8 % of GDPSouth Africa: 19.2 % of GDPZambia: 12.7 % of GDPZimbabwe: 12.2 % of GDP
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General government final consumption expenditure, share of GDP, 2024, % of GDP. United States is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: World Bank. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Government current spending on goods and services, including the pay of public employees and most defence spending, as a percentage of GDP. Government investment and transfers such as pensions are not included. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.

Much smaller than total government spending, which also counts investment, interest and social transfers. Current prices, so the share moves with relative prices as well as volumes. Countries that rebase their national accounts can shift it by several points. The latest year varies by country.

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General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) (NE.CON.GOVT.ZS), General government final consumption expenditure, share of GDP, United States, 1970 to 2024. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.CON.GOVT.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/government-consumption-gdp/united-states. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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What is the general government final consumption expenditure, share of GDP in United States?

General government final consumption expenditure, share of GDP in the United States was 13.6% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank. That is up 0.1 pts from 2023. That is the 112th highest of 168 countries in 2024.

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World Bank. General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) (NE.CON.GOVT.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest general government final consumption expenditure, share of GDP in United States?

18% of GDP in 1970, the highest value since 1970 in this series.

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