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Countries by general government final consumption expenditure, share of GDP

Kiribati had the highest general government final consumption expenditure, share of GDP of 177 countries in 2018, at 60.1% of GDP. Cayman Islands had the lowest, at 2.1% of GDP. The median was 15.9% of GDP and the figure for the World was 16.6% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

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Highest60.1Kiribati
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Median15.9177 countries
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Map of countries, 2018

United Arab Emirates: 12.1 % of GDPAlbania: 11.9 % of GDPArmenia: 11.5 % of GDPAngola: 11.1 % of GDPArgentina: 15.8 % of GDPAustria: 19.6 % of GDPAustralia: 19.9 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 10.5 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 19.7 % of GDPBangladesh: 6 % of GDPBelgium: 23.2 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 18.4 % of GDPBulgaria: 16.5 % of GDPBurundi: 24 % of GDPBenin: 10.4 % of GDPBrunei: 24.1 % of GDPBolivia: 16.1 % of GDPBrazil: 19.9 % of GDPBahamas: 11.3 % of GDPBhutan: 18.5 % of GDPBotswana: 29.1 % of GDPBelarus: 15.7 % of GDPBelize: 19.5 % of GDPCanada: 20.7 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 15.5 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 7.7 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 13.5 % of GDPSwitzerland: 11.5 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 10 % of GDPChile: 14.9 % of GDPCameroon: 11.9 % of GDPChina: 16.8 % of GDPColombia: 15.4 % of GDPCosta Rica: 16.2 % of GDPCuba: 30 % of GDPCape Verde: 18.1 % of GDPCyprus: 14.7 % of GDPCzechia: 19.2 % of GDPGermany: 19.8 % of GDPDjibouti: 21.4 % of GDPDenmark: 24.5 % of GDPDominican Republic: 10.1 % of GDPAlgeria: 17.4 % of GDPEcuador: 15.6 % of GDPEstonia: 18.8 % of GDPEgypt: 7.9 % of GDPSpain: 18.5 % of GDPEthiopia: 10.3 % of GDPFinland: 23.1 % of GDPFiji: 20.4 % of GDPFaroe Islands: 28.4 % of GDPFrance: 23.8 % of GDPGabon: 10.6 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 18.3 % of GDPGeorgia: 13.3 % of GDPGhana: 7.1 % of GDPGreenland: 43.1 % of GDPGambia: 6.8 % of GDPGuinea: 15.5 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 23.5 % of GDPGreece: 19.8 % of GDPGuatemala: 11.1 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 16.6 % of GDPHong Kong: 9.9 % of GDPHonduras: 13.5 % of GDPCroatia: 21.7 % of GDPHaiti: 8.3 % of GDPHungary: 19.6 % of GDPIndonesia: 9 % of GDPIreland: 11.8 % of GDPIsrael: 22.5 % of GDPIndia: 10.8 % of GDPIraq: 15.9 % of GDPIran: 15.2 % of GDPIceland: 24.3 % of GDPItaly: 18.9 % of GDPJapan: 19.1 % of GDPKenya: 12.3 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 17.2 % of GDPCambodia: 4.9 % of GDPKiribati: 60.1 % of GDPSouth Korea: 15.1 % of GDPKuwait: 23 % of GDPCayman Islands: 2.1 % of GDPKazakhstan: 8.3 % of GDPLebanon: 15.3 % of GDPSri Lanka: 8.6 % of GDPLesotho: 38.1 % of GDPLithuania: 16.2 % of GDPLuxembourg: 16.8 % of GDPLatvia: 18.2 % of GDPLibya: 35.3 % of GDPMorocco: 18 % of GDPMoldova: 14.3 % of GDPMontenegro: 19.4 % of GDPMadagascar: 13.6 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 14.3 % of GDPMali: 12.8 % of GDPMongolia: 12.7 % of GDPMauritania: 13 % of GDPMauritius: 14.3 % of GDPMalawi: 22.3 % of GDPMexico: 11.3 % of GDPMalaysia: 12 % of GDPMozambique: 21.7 % of GDPNamibia: 25.4 % of GDPNiger: 14.1 % of GDPNicaragua: 14.8 % of GDPNetherlands: 24.2 % of GDPNorway: 22.5 % of GDPNepal: 8.1 % of GDPNew Zealand: 18.2 % of GDPOman: 21.6 % of GDPPanama: 11 % of GDPPeru: 13.1 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: 30.7 % of GDPPhilippines: 12 % of GDPPakistan: 11 % of GDPPoland: 17.5 % of GDPPuerto Rico: 8 % of GDPPalestine: 22 % of GDPPortugal: 17 % of GDPPalau: 32.2 % of GDPParaguay: 11.5 % of GDPQatar: 16.3 % of GDPRomania: 16.7 % of GDPSerbia: 18 % of GDPRussia: 17.7 % of GDPRwanda: 13.9 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 23.2 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 26.8 % of GDPSudan: 6.7 % of GDPSweden: 26.4 % of GDPSingapore: 9.9 % of GDPSlovenia: 18.4 % of GDPSlovakia: 19 % of GDPSierra Leone: 6.5 % of GDPSenegal: 13.8 % of GDPSomalia: 6.3 % of GDPEl Salvador: 16.1 % of GDPSyria: 16 % of GDPEswatini: 23.7 % of GDPChad: 8.2 % of GDPTogo: 13.2 % of GDPThailand: 16.2 % of GDPTajikistan: 11.2 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 56.7 % of GDPTurkmenistan: 12 % of GDPTunisia: 18.4 % of GDPTürkiye: 14.5 % of GDPTanzania: 8.1 % of GDPUkraine: 20.8 % of GDPUganda: 8.6 % of GDPUnited States: 13.8 % of GDPUruguay: 16.9 % of GDPUzbekistan: 12.5 % of GDPVietnam: 9.7 % of GDPVanuatu: 16.3 % of GDPSamoa: 13.4 % of GDPYemen: 9 % of GDPSouth Africa: 19.4 % of GDPZambia: 12.7 % of GDPZimbabwe: 10.4 % of GDP
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% of GDP, 2018. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: World Bank, General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) (NE.CON.GOVT.ZS). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2018

Kiribati: 60.1 % of GDPKiribati60.1Marshall Islands: 59.9 % of GDPMarshall Islands59.9Timor-Leste: 56.7 % of GDPTimor-Leste56.7U.S. Virgin Islands: 43.2 % of GDPU.S. Virgin Islands43.2Greenland: 43.1 % of GDPGreenland43.1Lesotho: 38.1 % of GDPLesotho38.1Libya: 35.3 % of GDPLibya35.3Palau: 32.2 % of GDPPalau32.2French Polynesia: 30.7 % of GDPFrench Polynesia30.7Cuba: 30 % of GDPCuba30Botswana: 29.1 % of GDPBotswana29.1Faroe Islands: 28.4 % of GDPFaroe Islands28.4Solomon Islands: 26.8 % of GDPSolomon Islands26.8Sweden: 26.4 % of GDPSweden26.4Namibia: 25.4 % of GDPNamibia25.4Denmark: 24.5 % of GDPDenmark24.5Iceland: 24.3 % of GDPIceland24.3Netherlands: 24.2 % of GDPNetherlands24.2Brunei: 24.1 % of GDPBrunei24.1Burundi: 24 % of GDPBurundi24France: 23.8 % of GDPFrance23.8Eswatini: 23.7 % of GDPEswatini23.7Equatorial Guinea: 23.5 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea23.5Saudi Arabia: 23.2 % of GDPSaudi Arabia23.2Belgium: 23.2 % of GDPBelgium23.2Finland: 23.1 % of GDPFinland23.1Aruba: 23.1 % of GDPAruba23.1Kuwait: 23 % of GDPKuwait23Seychelles: 22.9 % of GDPSeychelles22.9Norway: 22.5 % of GDPNorway22.5Israel: 22.5 % of GDPIsrael22.5Malawi: 22.3 % of GDPMalawi22.3Palestine: 22 % of GDPPalestine22Mozambique: 21.7 % of GDPMozambique21.7Croatia: 21.7 % of GDPCroatia21.7Oman: 21.6 % of GDPOman21.6Djibouti: 21.4 % of GDPDjibouti21.4Ukraine: 20.8 % of GDPUkraine20.8Canada: 20.7 % of GDPCanada20.7Fiji: 20.4 % of GDPFiji20.4Kiribati: 60.1 % of GDPKiribati60.1Marshall Islands: 59.9 % of GDPMarshall Islands59.9Timor-Leste: 56.7 % of GDPTimor-Leste56.7U.S. Virgin Islands: 43.2 % of GDPU.S. Virgin Islands43.2Greenland: 43.1 % of GDPGreenland43.1Lesotho: 38.1 % of GDPLesotho38.1Libya: 35.3 % of GDPLibya35.3Palau: 32.2 % of GDPPalau32.2French Polynesia: 30.7 % of GDPFrench Polynesia30.7Cuba: 30 % of GDPCuba30Botswana: 29.1 % of GDPBotswana29.1Faroe Islands: 28.4 % of GDPFaroe Islands28.4Solomon Islands: 26.8 % of GDPSolomon Islands26.8Sweden: 26.4 % of GDPSweden26.4Namibia: 25.4 % of GDPNamibia25.4Denmark: 24.5 % of GDPDenmark24.5Iceland: 24.3 % of GDPIceland24.3Netherlands: 24.2 % of GDPNetherlands24.2Brunei: 24.1 % of GDPBrunei24.1Burundi: 24 % of GDPBurundi24France: 23.8 % of GDPFrance23.8Eswatini: 23.7 % of GDPEswatini23.7Equatorial Guinea: 23.5 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea23.5Saudi Arabia: 23.2 % of GDPSaudi Arabia23.2Belgium: 23.2 % of GDPBelgium23.2Finland: 23.1 % of GDPFinland23.1Aruba: 23.1 % of GDPAruba23.1Kuwait: 23 % of GDPKuwait23Seychelles: 22.9 % of GDPSeychelles22.9Norway: 22.5 % of GDPNorway22.5Israel: 22.5 % of GDPIsrael22.5Malawi: 22.3 % of GDPMalawi22.3Palestine: 22 % of GDPPalestine22Mozambique: 21.7 % of GDPMozambique21.7Croatia: 21.7 % of GDPCroatia21.7Oman: 21.6 % of GDPOman21.6Djibouti: 21.4 % of GDPDjibouti21.4Ukraine: 20.8 % of GDPUkraine20.8Canada: 20.7 % of GDPCanada20.7Fiji: 20.4 % of GDPFiji20.4
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) (NE.CON.GOVT.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankCountries2018
% of GDP		Change on 2017
1Kiribati60.1+3 pts
2Marshall Islands59.9+4.2 pts
3Timor-Leste56.7+1.5 pts
4U.S. Virgin Islands43.2+11.3 pts
5Greenland43.1+0.7 pts
6Lesotho38.1-1.6 pts
7Libya35.3-4.9 pts
8Palau32.2+2.1 pts
9French Polynesia30.7-0.5 pts
10Cuba30-0.8 pts
11Botswana29.1+0.2 pts
12Faroe Islands28.4+0.8 pts
13Solomon Islands26.8+0.9 pts
14Sweden26.40 pts
15Namibia25.4-0.2 pts
16Denmark24.5-0.1 pts
17Iceland24.3+0.3 pts
18Netherlands24.20 pts
19Brunei24.1-2.3 pts
20Burundi24-0.1 pts
21France23.8-0.3 pts
22Eswatini23.7-0.8 pts
23Equatorial Guinea23.5-0.2 pts
24Saudi Arabia23.2-0.2 pts
25Belgium23.20 pts
26Finland23.1+0.1 pts
27Aruba23.10 pts
28Kuwait23-1.4 pts
29Seychelles22.9+1.3 pts
30Norway22.5-0.7 pts
31Israel22.5+0.3 pts
32Malawi22.3-0.3 pts
33Palestine22+1.2 pts
34Mozambique21.7-2.8 pts
35Croatia21.7-0.1 pts
36Oman21.6-3 pts
37Djibouti21.4-0.4 pts
38Ukraine20.8+0.1 pts
39Canada20.7-0 pts
40Fiji20.4+1.1 pts
41Australia19.9+0.1 pts
42Brazil19.9-0.3 pts
43Germany19.8+0.1 pts
44Greece19.8-0.8 pts
45Bosnia and Herzegovina19.7-0.5 pts
46Austria19.6-0.2 pts
47Hungary19.6-0.5 pts
48Belize19.5+0.6 pts
49Montenegro19.4+0.1 pts
50San Marino19.4-0.5 pts
51South Africa19.4+0.1 pts
52Czechia19.2+0.6 pts
53Japan19.1+0.1 pts
54Tonga19-1 pts
55Slovakia19-0.4 pts
56Italy18.9-0.1 pts
57Estonia18.8-0.1 pts
58Bhutan18.5+0.3 pts
59Spain18.50 pts
60Burkina Faso18.4+0.7 pts
61Slovenia18.4-0.2 pts
62Tunisia18.4-0.7 pts
63United Kingdom18.3-0.1 pts
64New Zealand18.2+0.3 pts
65Latvia18.2-0.1 pts
66Cape Verde18.1+0.4 pts
67Morocco180 pts
68Serbia18+0.5 pts
69Russia17.7-0.5 pts
70Poland17.5-0.1 pts
71Algeria17.4-1.4 pts
72Kyrgyzstan17.20 pts
73Portugal17-0.2 pts
74Uruguay16.9+0.4 pts
75China16.8+0.3 pts
76Luxembourg16.8+0.6 pts
77Romania16.7+1 pts
78Guinea-Bissau16.6-0.1 pts
79Bulgaria16.5+0.9 pts
80Qatar16.3-1.3 pts
81Vanuatu16.3+0.9 pts
82Lithuania16.2-0.1 pts
83Thailand16.2-0.1 pts
84Costa Rica16.2-0.2 pts
85El Salvador16.1-0 pts
86Bolivia16.1+0.9 pts
87Malta16+0.2 pts
88Syria16-0.5 pts
89Iraq15.9-0.4 pts
90Argentina15.8-1.9 pts
91Belarus15.7+0.1 pts
92Bahrain15.6-0.3 pts
93Ecuador15.6+0.3 pts
94Guinea15.5+0.2 pts
95Democratic Republic of the Congo15.5+0.4 pts
96Colombia15.4+0.5 pts
97Lebanon15.3+2.1 pts
98Iran15.2+0.1 pts
99South Korea15.1+0.6 pts
100Chile14.9+0.2 pts
101Nicaragua14.8+0.4 pts
102Cyprus14.7-0.3 pts
103Türkiye14.5+0.4 pts
104Maldives14.5-0.1 pts
105Curaçao14.5-1.6 pts
106Mauritius14.3+0.1 pts
107North Macedonia14.3-0.6 pts
108Moldova14.3-0.5 pts
109Niger14.1+0.2 pts
110São Tomé and Príncipe14-0.4 pts
111Rwanda13.9-1.2 pts
112United States13.8-0 pts
113Senegal13.8+0.1 pts
114Madagascar13.6-2.5 pts
115Republic of the Congo13.5-4.6 pts
116Honduras13.5-0 pts
117Samoa13.4+1.3 pts
118Georgia13.3-0.6 pts
119Togo13.2-0.8 pts
120Peru13.1-0.1 pts
121Mauritania13-0.4 pts
122Mali12.8-0.5 pts
123Zambia12.7-1 pts
124Mongolia12.7-1.2 pts
125Uzbekistan12.5+1.6 pts
126Kenya12.30 pts
127United Arab Emirates12.1-0.5 pts
128Philippines12+0.7 pts
129Turkmenistan12-3.2 pts
130Malaysia12-0.2 pts
131Cameroon11.9+0.2 pts
132Albania11.90 pts
133Ireland11.8-0.2 pts
134Bermuda11.7+0.1 pts
135Paraguay11.5+0.4 pts
136Armenia11.5-0.8 pts
137Switzerland11.5-0.3 pts
138Bahamas11.3-0.4 pts
139Mexico11.30 pts
140Tajikistan11.2-0.2 pts
141Angola11.1-1.2 pts
142Guatemala11.1+0.5 pts
143Pakistan11+0.2 pts
144Panama11+0.1 pts
145India10.8+0.1 pts
146Gabon10.6-2.7 pts
147Azerbaijan10.5-0.9 pts
148Benin10.4-0.1 pts
149Zimbabwe10.4-1.3 pts
150Ethiopia10.3-5.2 pts
151Comoros10.2-0.6 pts
152Dominican Republic10.1-0.5 pts
153Côte d’Ivoire10-0.2 pts
154Singapore9.9-0.2 pts
155Hong Kong9.9+0.1 pts
156Vietnam9.7-0.4 pts
157Macao9.5-0.3 pts
158Indonesia9-0.1 pts
159Yemen9+3 pts
160Uganda8.6+0.6 pts
161Sri Lanka8.6+0.8 pts
162Kazakhstan8.3-2.2 pts
163Haiti8.3+0.4 pts
164Chad8.2-1.4 pts
165Tanzania8.1-0.4 pts
166Nepal8.1-0.5 pts
167Puerto Rico8-0.8 pts
168Egypt7.9-1.6 pts
169Central African Republic7.7-6.4 pts
170Ghana7.1+0.1 pts
171Gambia6.8-1 pts
172Sudan6.7+0.3 pts
173Sierra Leone6.5-0.6 pts
174Somalia6.3-0.1 pts
175Bangladesh6-0.1 pts
176Cambodia4.9-0.3 pts
177Cayman Islands2.1+0.1 pts

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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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 10 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2018 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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