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Countries by general government final consumption expenditure, share of GDP

The Marshall Islands had the highest general government final consumption expenditure, share of GDP of 176 countries in 2020, at 61.3% of GDP. Cayman Islands had the lowest, at 2.6% of GDP. The median was 18.4% of GDP and the figure for the World was 17.9% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

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Highest61.3Marshall Islands
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Median18.4176 countries
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Map of countries, 2020

United Arab Emirates: 14.9 % of GDPAfghanistan: 22.1 % of GDPAlbania: 13.7 % of GDPArmenia: 15 % of GDPAngola: 15.3 % of GDPArgentina: 16.9 % of GDPAustria: 21.3 % of GDPAustralia: 21.8 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 16.2 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 20.8 % of GDPBangladesh: 6 % of GDPBelgium: 24.2 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 19.8 % of GDPBulgaria: 19.3 % of GDPBurundi: 26 % of GDPBenin: 11.4 % of GDPBrunei: 25.4 % of GDPBolivia: 18.6 % of GDPBrazil: 20.1 % of GDPBahamas: 21.8 % of GDPBhutan: 22.3 % of GDPBotswana: 36.2 % of GDPBelarus: 17 % of GDPBelize: 17.3 % of GDPCanada: 22.7 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 16.6 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 9.7 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 17.5 % of GDPSwitzerland: 12.4 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 11.3 % of GDPChile: 16 % of GDPCameroon: 12.3 % of GDPChina: 17.6 % of GDPColombia: 17.2 % of GDPCosta Rica: 17.6 % of GDPCuba: 38.8 % of GDPCape Verde: 25.7 % of GDPCyprus: 19.2 % of GDPCzechia: 21.4 % of GDPGermany: 22.3 % of GDPDjibouti: 19.8 % of GDPDenmark: 24.8 % of GDPDominican Republic: 12 % of GDPAlgeria: 19.8 % of GDPEcuador: 16.3 % of GDPEstonia: 20.6 % of GDPEgypt: 7.5 % of GDPSpain: 21.7 % of GDPEthiopia: 9.1 % of GDPFinland: 24.4 % of GDPFiji: 25.8 % of GDPFaroe Islands: 29.6 % of GDPFrance: 25.3 % of GDPGabon: 13.1 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 22.3 % of GDPGeorgia: 14.6 % of GDPGhana: 7.8 % of GDPGreenland: 43.6 % of GDPGambia: 9 % of GDPGuinea: 17.4 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 28.4 % of GDPGreece: 22.8 % of GDPGuatemala: 11.5 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 19.4 % of GDPHong Kong: 12.7 % of GDPHonduras: 15.7 % of GDPCroatia: 24.9 % of GDPHaiti: 7.3 % of GDPHungary: 21.2 % of GDPIndonesia: 9.7 % of GDPIreland: 12.6 % of GDPIsrael: 23.4 % of GDPIndia: 11.6 % of GDPIraq: 22.5 % of GDPIran: 13.7 % of GDPIceland: 28.1 % of GDPItaly: 20.7 % of GDPJapan: 20.4 % of GDPKenya: 12.5 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 18.4 % of GDPCambodia: 5.4 % of GDPKiribati: 54.5 % of GDPSouth Korea: 17 % of GDPKuwait: 30.2 % of GDPCayman Islands: 2.6 % of GDPKazakhstan: 12.7 % of GDPLebanon: 9.1 % of GDPSri Lanka: 10.4 % of GDPLesotho: 37.1 % of GDPLithuania: 18.4 % of GDPLuxembourg: 18.4 % of GDPLatvia: 21 % of GDPLibya: 48.3 % of GDPMorocco: 19.4 % of GDPMoldova: 17.2 % of GDPMontenegro: 23.7 % of GDPMadagascar: 18.7 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 16.7 % of GDPMali: 12.3 % of GDPMongolia: 15.8 % of GDPMauritania: 12.3 % of GDPMauritius: 17.3 % of GDPMalawi: 20.9 % of GDPMexico: 12.2 % of GDPMalaysia: 13 % of GDPMozambique: 20.6 % of GDPNamibia: 26.5 % of GDPNiger: 14.8 % of GDPNicaragua: 15.1 % of GDPNetherlands: 25.7 % of GDPNorway: 25.3 % of GDPNepal: 9.1 % of GDPNew Zealand: 20.4 % of GDPOman: 26.1 % of GDPPanama: 14.7 % of GDPPeru: 15.8 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: 34.8 % of GDPPhilippines: 15.3 % of GDPPakistan: 11.8 % of GDPPoland: 18.8 % of GDPPuerto Rico: 7.5 % of GDPPalestine: 23.4 % of GDPPortugal: 18.9 % of GDPPalau: 42 % of GDPParaguay: 12.6 % of GDPQatar: 22 % of GDPRomania: 18.9 % of GDPSerbia: 19.4 % of GDPRussia: 20 % of GDPRwanda: 15 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 27.4 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 25.1 % of GDPSudan: 14.4 % of GDPSweden: 26.6 % of GDPSingapore: 12.2 % of GDPSlovenia: 20.7 % of GDPSlovakia: 21.2 % of GDPSierra Leone: 7.8 % of GDPSenegal: 14.3 % of GDPSomalia: 6.9 % of GDPEl Salvador: 19.7 % of GDPSyria: 10.3 % of GDPEswatini: 25.2 % of GDPChad: 9.6 % of GDPTogo: 13.6 % of GDPThailand: 17.8 % of GDPTajikistan: 11.6 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 44.5 % of GDPTurkmenistan: 12.3 % of GDPTunisia: 21.6 % of GDPTürkiye: 15 % of GDPTanzania: 7.7 % of GDPUkraine: 19.3 % of GDPUganda: 9.5 % of GDPUnited States: 14.9 % of GDPUruguay: 18.1 % of GDPUzbekistan: 14.6 % of GDPVietnam: 9.5 % of GDPVanuatu: 20.9 % of GDPSamoa: 14.6 % of GDPSouth Africa: 20.6 % of GDPZambia: 14.7 % of GDPZimbabwe: 6 % of GDP
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% of GDP, 2020. 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, 2020

Marshall Islands: 61.3 % of GDPMarshall Islands61.3Kiribati: 54.5 % of GDPKiribati54.5Libya: 48.3 % of GDPLibya48.3Timor-Leste: 44.5 % of GDPTimor-Leste44.5Greenland: 43.6 % of GDPGreenland43.6Palau: 42 % of GDPPalau42Cuba: 38.8 % of GDPCuba38.8Lesotho: 37.1 % of GDPLesotho37.1Botswana: 36.2 % of GDPBotswana36.2French Polynesia: 34.8 % of GDPFrench Polynesia34.8U.S. Virgin Islands: 34.7 % of GDPU.S. Virgin Islands34.7Kuwait: 30.2 % of GDPKuwait30.2Faroe Islands: 29.6 % of GDPFaroe Islands29.6Aruba: 29.3 % of GDPAruba29.3Equatorial Guinea: 28.4 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea28.4Iceland: 28.1 % of GDPIceland28.1Saudi Arabia: 27.4 % of GDPSaudi Arabia27.4Sweden: 26.6 % of GDPSweden26.6Namibia: 26.5 % of GDPNamibia26.5Seychelles: 26.4 % of GDPSeychelles26.4Oman: 26.1 % of GDPOman26.1Burundi: 26 % of GDPBurundi26Macao: 25.9 % of GDPMacao25.9Fiji: 25.8 % of GDPFiji25.8Cape Verde: 25.7 % of GDPCape Verde25.7Netherlands: 25.7 % of GDPNetherlands25.7Brunei: 25.4 % of GDPBrunei25.4Norway: 25.3 % of GDPNorway25.3France: 25.3 % of GDPFrance25.3Eswatini: 25.2 % of GDPEswatini25.2Solomon Islands: 25.1 % of GDPSolomon Islands25.1Croatia: 24.9 % of GDPCroatia24.9Denmark: 24.8 % of GDPDenmark24.8Finland: 24.4 % of GDPFinland24.4Belgium: 24.2 % of GDPBelgium24.2Montenegro: 23.7 % of GDPMontenegro23.7Palestine: 23.4 % of GDPPalestine23.4Israel: 23.4 % of GDPIsrael23.4Maldives: 23 % of GDPMaldives23Greece: 22.8 % of GDPGreece22.8Marshall Islands: 61.3 % of GDPMarshall Islands61.3Kiribati: 54.5 % of GDPKiribati54.5Libya: 48.3 % of GDPLibya48.3Timor-Leste: 44.5 % of GDPTimor-Leste44.5Greenland: 43.6 % of GDPGreenland43.6Palau: 42 % of GDPPalau42Cuba: 38.8 % of GDPCuba38.8Lesotho: 37.1 % of GDPLesotho37.1Botswana: 36.2 % of GDPBotswana36.2French Polynesia: 34.8 % of GDPFrench Polynesia34.8U.S. Virgin Islands: 34.7 % of GDPU.S. Virgin Islands34.7Kuwait: 30.2 % of GDPKuwait30.2Faroe Islands: 29.6 % of GDPFaroe Islands29.6Aruba: 29.3 % of GDPAruba29.3Equatorial Guinea: 28.4 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea28.4Iceland: 28.1 % of GDPIceland28.1Saudi Arabia: 27.4 % of GDPSaudi Arabia27.4Sweden: 26.6 % of GDPSweden26.6Namibia: 26.5 % of GDPNamibia26.5Seychelles: 26.4 % of GDPSeychelles26.4Oman: 26.1 % of GDPOman26.1Burundi: 26 % of GDPBurundi26Macao: 25.9 % of GDPMacao25.9Fiji: 25.8 % of GDPFiji25.8Cape Verde: 25.7 % of GDPCape Verde25.7Netherlands: 25.7 % of GDPNetherlands25.7Brunei: 25.4 % of GDPBrunei25.4Norway: 25.3 % of GDPNorway25.3France: 25.3 % of GDPFrance25.3Eswatini: 25.2 % of GDPEswatini25.2Solomon Islands: 25.1 % of GDPSolomon Islands25.1Croatia: 24.9 % of GDPCroatia24.9Denmark: 24.8 % of GDPDenmark24.8Finland: 24.4 % of GDPFinland24.4Belgium: 24.2 % of GDPBelgium24.2Montenegro: 23.7 % of GDPMontenegro23.7Palestine: 23.4 % of GDPPalestine23.4Israel: 23.4 % of GDPIsrael23.4Maldives: 23 % of GDPMaldives23Greece: 22.8 % of GDPGreece22.8
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) (NE.CON.GOVT.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankCountries2020
% of GDP		Change on 2019
1Marshall Islands61.3-4.7 pts
2Kiribati54.5-7.6 pts
3Libya48.3+4.7 pts
4Timor-Leste44.5-2.7 pts
5Greenland43.6-0.2 pts
6Palau42+8.2 pts
7Cuba38.8+6.6 pts
8Lesotho37.1-0.6 pts
9Botswana36.2+4.5 pts
10French Polynesia34.8+4.1 pts
11U.S. Virgin Islands34.7-2.3 pts
12Kuwait30.2+5.8 pts
13Faroe Islands29.6+1.9 pts
14Aruba29.3+6.4 pts
15Equatorial Guinea28.4+3 pts
16Iceland28.1+3.3 pts
17Saudi Arabia27.4+4.7 pts
18Sweden26.6+0.7 pts
19Namibia26.5+0.9 pts
20Seychelles26.4+4.2 pts
21Oman26.1+3 pts
22Burundi26+1.6 pts
23Macao25.9+15.7 pts
24Fiji25.8+4 pts
25Cape Verde25.7+5.9 pts
26Netherlands25.7+1.3 pts
27Brunei25.4+0.4 pts
28Norway25.3+2 pts
29France25.3+1.8 pts
30Eswatini25.2+3.5 pts
31Solomon Islands25.1-2.5 pts
32Croatia24.9+3.2 pts
33Denmark24.8+0.5 pts
34Finland24.4+1 pts
35Belgium24.2+1.3 pts
36Montenegro23.7+4.9 pts
37Palestine23.4+2.8 pts
38Israel23.4+1.1 pts
39Maldives23+6.4 pts
40Greece22.8+2.8 pts
41Canada22.7+2 pts
42Iraq22.5+3.2 pts
43United Kingdom22.3+3.4 pts
44Bhutan22.3+3.2 pts
45Germany22.3+2 pts
46Afghanistan22.1n/a
47Tonga22.1+1.5 pts
48Qatar22+3.5 pts
49Australia21.8+1.5 pts
50Bahamas21.8+9.1 pts
51Spain21.7+3.1 pts
52Tunisia21.6+2.8 pts
53San Marino21.6+2.1 pts
54Czechia21.4+2.1 pts
55Austria21.3+1.6 pts
56Slovakia21.2+1.2 pts
57Hungary21.2+1.2 pts
58Latvia21+1.5 pts
59Malawi20.9-1.5 pts
60Vanuatu20.9+2.8 pts
61Bosnia and Herzegovina20.8+1.4 pts
62Italy20.7+2 pts
63Slovenia20.7+2.2 pts
64Mozambique20.6-1.9 pts
65South Africa20.6+1 pts
66Estonia20.6+1.5 pts
67Japan20.4+1 pts
68New Zealand20.4+1.6 pts
69Brazil20.1+0.2 pts
70Russia20+1.9 pts
71Djibouti19.80 pts
72Algeria19.8+1.5 pts
73Burkina Faso19.8-0.7 pts
74El Salvador19.7+3.7 pts
75Malta19.7+2.8 pts
76Guinea-Bissau19.4+0.8 pts
77Morocco19.4+1.2 pts
78Serbia19.4+1 pts
79Bulgaria19.3+2.5 pts
80Ukraine19.3+0.5 pts
81Cyprus19.2+3.2 pts
82Portugal18.9+1.9 pts
83Romania18.9+1.3 pts
84Poland18.8+1 pts
85Madagascar18.7+3.6 pts
86Bolivia18.6+2.5 pts
87Luxembourg18.4+1.2 pts
88Kyrgyzstan18.4+2.7 pts
89Lithuania18.4+1.6 pts
90Uruguay18.1+0.8 pts
91Thailand17.8+1.6 pts
92China17.6+0.5 pts
93Costa Rica17.6+0.9 pts
94Republic of the Congo17.5+4.2 pts
95Guinea17.4+2 pts
96Mauritius17.3+2.8 pts
97Belize17.3-1.5 pts
98Moldova17.2+2 pts
99Colombia17.2+1.4 pts
100South Korea17+0.9 pts
101Belarus17+0.1 pts
102Argentina16.9+0.4 pts
103North Macedonia16.7+2.7 pts
104Democratic Republic of the Congo16.6-1.5 pts
105Bahrain16.6+1.6 pts
106Ecuador16.3+1.1 pts
107Azerbaijan16.2+5.1 pts
108Chile16+0.8 pts
109Peru15.8+2.6 pts
110Mongolia15.8+2.7 pts
111Honduras15.7+1.8 pts
112Angola15.3+1.8 pts
113Philippines15.3+2.8 pts
114Nicaragua15.1-0.1 pts
115Türkiye15-0.2 pts
116Rwanda15+0.3 pts
117Armenia15+2.4 pts
118United States14.9+0.9 pts
119United Arab Emirates14.9+2.2 pts
120Niger14.8+0.7 pts
121Panama14.7+3.6 pts
122Zambia14.7-3 pts
123Samoa14.6+0.9 pts
124Georgia14.6+1.5 pts
125Uzbekistan14.6-0.1 pts
126Sudan14.4+8.3 pts
127Senegal14.3+0.3 pts
128São Tomé and Príncipe14.2+0.8 pts
129Iran13.7-1.2 pts
130Albania13.7+1 pts
131Togo13.6+0.4 pts
132Gabon13.1+2.2 pts
133Malaysia13+1.3 pts
134Hong Kong12.7+1.9 pts
135Kazakhstan12.7+3.6 pts
136Bermuda12.7+0.5 pts
137Paraguay12.6+0.7 pts
138Ireland12.6+0.8 pts
139Kenya12.5+0.3 pts
140Switzerland12.4+0.8 pts
141Mauritania12.3-1 pts
142Cameroon12.3+0.2 pts
143Turkmenistan12.3-0.1 pts
144Mali12.3-0.4 pts
145Mexico12.2+1.1 pts
146Singapore12.2+1.9 pts
147Dominican Republic12+1.6 pts
148Pakistan11.8+1 pts
149India11.6+0.6 pts
150Tajikistan11.6+0.4 pts
151Guatemala11.5+0.4 pts
152Benin11.4+1.1 pts
153Côte d’Ivoire11.3+0.5 pts
154Comoros10.6+0.5 pts
155Sri Lanka10.4+1.4 pts
156Syria10.3-5.1 pts
157Central African Republic9.7+1.6 pts
158Indonesia9.7+0.8 pts
159Chad9.6+1.1 pts
160Uganda9.5+0.7 pts
161Vietnam9.5-0.1 pts
162Lebanon9.1-6.5 pts
163Ethiopia9.1-0.1 pts
164Nepal9.1+1 pts
165Gambia9+0.7 pts
166Ghana7.8+0.8 pts
167Sierra Leone7.8+0.7 pts
168Tanzania7.7-0.1 pts
169Egypt7.5+0.3 pts
170Puerto Rico7.5-0.5 pts
171Haiti7.3+0.1 pts
172Somalia6.9+0.8 pts
173Bangladesh6-0.3 pts
174Zimbabwe6+1.2 pts
175Cambodia5.4+0.6 pts
176Cayman Islands2.6+0.2 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. 11 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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