# Countries by general government final consumption expenditure, share of GDP, 2024

All 168 values come from World Bank for 2024, so the places are comparable. 19 countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `government_consumption_gdp`
- Unit: % of GDP
- Definition: 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.
- Source: World Bank, General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) (NE.CON.GOVT.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.CON.GOVT.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) (NE.CON.GOVT.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.CON.GOVT.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/government-consumption-gdp/countries

| Rank | Place | % of GDP |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Timor-Leste | 60.6 |
| 2 | Kiribati | 59 |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | 54.5 |
| 4 | Palau | 38.3 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 37.6 |
| 6 | Lesotho | 35.7 |
| 7 | Libya | 34.2 |
| 8 | French Polynesia | 32 |
| 9 | Botswana | 31.8 |
| 10 | Faroe Islands | 27.9 |
| 11 | Sweden | 26.6 |
| 12 | Solomon Islands | 26.2 |
| 13 | Finland | 26.1 |
| 14 | Equatorial Guinea | 25.9 |
| 15 | Iceland | 25.9 |
| 16 | Kuwait | 25.8 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 25.8 |
| 18 | Israel | 25.2 |
| 19 | Cuba | 24.8 |
| 20 | Seychelles | 24.3 |
| 21 | France | 24.2 |
| 22 | Belgium | 23.7 |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 23.6 |
| 24 | Tonga | 23.5 |
| 25 | Croatia | 23.1 |
| 26 | Denmark | 23 |
| 27 | Brunei | 22.7 |
| 28 | Namibia | 22.3 |
| 29 | Cape Verde | 22.2 |
| 30 | Iraq | 22.2 |
| 31 | Australia | 22.1 |
| 32 | Norway | 22.1 |
| 33 | Germany | 22 |
| 34 | Latvia | 21.7 |
| 35 | Austria | 21.6 |
| 36 | Eswatini | 21.5 |
| 37 | Vanuatu | 21.4 |
| 38 | Canada | 21.4 |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 21.3 |
| 40 | Burundi | 21.2 |
| 41 | Slovakia | 21.1 |
| 42 | New Zealand | 21.1 |
| 43 | Estonia | 21 |
| 44 | United Kingdom | 20.9 |
| 45 | Poland | 20.8 |
| 46 | Slovenia | 20.4 |
| 47 | Hungary | 20.4 |
| 48 | Japan | 20.1 |
| 49 | Czechia | 20 |
| 50 | Bhutan | 20 |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 19.8 |
| 52 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.6 |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 19.4 |
| 54 | Spain | 19.3 |
| 55 | South Africa | 19.2 |
| 56 | Luxembourg | 19.1 |
| 57 | Malawi | 19 |
| 58 | Tunisia | 18.9 |
| 59 | Fiji | 18.9 |
| 60 | Lithuania | 18.8 |
| 61 | Brazil | 18.8 |
| 62 | Oman | 18.7 |
| 63 | Greece | 18.6 |
| 64 | Romania | 18.5 |
| 65 | Cyprus | 18.4 |
| 66 | Mozambique | 18.4 |
| 67 | Russia | 18.3 |
| 68 | Belarus | 18.3 |
| 69 | Italy | 18.1 |
| 70 | Algeria | 18.1 |
| 71 | Morocco | 18 |
| 72 | El Salvador | 17.9 |
| 73 | Aruba | 17.9 |
| 74 | Moldova | 17.9 |
| 75 | Montenegro | 17.6 |
| 76 | Palestine | 17.5 |
| 77 | Serbia | 17.5 |
| 78 | South Korea | 17.5 |
| 79 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 17.5 |
| 80 | Maldives | 17.5 |
| 81 | Uruguay | 17.4 |
| 82 | Djibouti | 17.1 |
| 83 | Malta | 16.9 |
| 84 | Portugal | 16.8 |
| 85 | Samoa | 16.8 |
| 86 | Rwanda | 16.7 |
| 87 | China | 16.7 |
| 88 | Thailand | 16.6 |
| 89 | Sudan | 16.6 |
| 90 | Bolivia | 16.5 |
| 91 | Senegal | 16.4 |
| 92 | Guinea-Bissau | 16.4 |
| 93 | Belize | 15.9 |
| 94 | Mauritania | 15.9 |
| 95 | Angola | 15.8 |
| 96 | North Macedonia | 15.5 |
| 97 | Mongolia | 15.5 |
| 98 | Chile | 15.1 |
| 99 | Honduras | 15.1 |
| 100 | Mauritius | 15 |
| 101 | Argentina | 14.9 |
| 102 | Colombia | 14.8 |
| 103 | Uzbekistan | 14.8 |
| 104 | Madagascar | 14.8 |
| 105 | Philippines | 14.6 |
| 106 | Türkiye | 14.5 |
| 107 | Azerbaijan | 14.2 |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 14.1 |
| 109 | Bahrain | 14.1 |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.1 |
| 111 | Guinea | 13.9 |
| 112 | United States | 13.6 |
| 113 | Ecuador | 13.4 |
| 114 | Republic of the Congo | 13.4 |
| 115 | Peru | 13.4 |
| 116 | Iran | 13.1 |
| 117 | Mali | 12.9 |
| 118 | Bahamas | 12.9 |
| 119 | Georgia | 12.9 |
| 120 | Hong Kong | 12.8 |
| 121 | Zambia | 12.7 |
| 122 | Macao | 12.5 |
| 123 | Albania | 12.4 |
| 124 | Panama | 12.4 |
| 125 | Turkmenistan | 12.4 |
| 126 | Nicaragua | 12.3 |
| 127 | Zimbabwe | 12.2 |
| 128 | Ireland | 12.1 |
| 129 | Malaysia | 12 |
| 130 | Switzerland | 11.9 |
| 131 | Paraguay | 11.7 |
| 132 | Mexico | 11.6 |
| 133 | Cameroon | 11.5 |
| 134 | Dominican Republic | 11.5 |
| 135 | Tajikistan | 11.3 |
| 136 | Niger | 11.2 |
| 137 | Kenya | 11.2 |
| 138 | Guatemala | 10.9 |
| 139 | Kazakhstan | 10.8 |
| 140 | Bermuda | 10.7 |
| 141 | India | 10.7 |
| 142 | Armenia | 10.7 |
| 143 | Gabon | 10.3 |
| 144 | Singapore | 10.1 |
| 145 | Uganda | 10 |
| 146 | Chad | 9.9 |
| 147 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 9.8 |
| 148 | Gambia | 9.6 |
| 149 | Côte d’Ivoire | 9.3 |
| 150 | Tanzania | 9.1 |
| 151 | Central African Republic | 9.1 |
| 152 | Benin | 9 |
| 153 | Comoros | 8.9 |
| 154 | Pakistan | 8.9 |
| 155 | Vietnam | 8.8 |
| 156 | Puerto Rico | 8.1 |
| 157 | Somalia | 7.8 |
| 158 | Indonesia | 7.7 |
| 159 | Nepal | 7.7 |
| 160 | Sri Lanka | 7 |
| 161 | Egypt | 6.3 |
| 162 | Haiti | 5.9 |
| 163 | Bangladesh | 5.9 |
| 164 | Cambodia | 5.8 |
| 165 | Sierra Leone | 5.6 |
| 166 | Ethiopia | 5.5 |
| 167 | Lebanon | 4.9 |
| 168 | Ghana | 4.8 |