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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 172 countries in 2023, at 64.3% of GDP. Lebanon had the lowest, at 5.2% of GDP. The median was 16.9% of GDP and the figure for the World was 16.6% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

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Highest64.3Kiribati
Lowest5.2Lebanon
Median16.9172 countries
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Map of countries, 2023

United Arab Emirates: 12.2 % of GDPAfghanistan: 21.2 % of GDPAlbania: 12.1 % of GDPArmenia: 12.1 % of GDPAngola: 16.9 % of GDPArgentina: 16.3 % of GDPAustria: 20.6 % of GDPAustralia: 21.2 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 13.8 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 19.1 % of GDPBangladesh: 5.7 % of GDPBelgium: 23.4 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 20.9 % of GDPBulgaria: 18.5 % of GDPBurundi: 23.6 % of GDPBenin: 9.5 % of GDPBrunei: 22.9 % of GDPBolivia: 16.9 % of GDPBrazil: 19 % of GDPBahamas: 13.1 % of GDPBhutan: 20.3 % of GDPBotswana: 29.4 % of GDPBelarus: 17.9 % of GDPBelize: 15.8 % of GDPCanada: 20.7 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 16.9 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 8.3 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 13.1 % of GDPSwitzerland: 11.7 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 9.3 % of GDPChile: 15.3 % of GDPCameroon: 11.2 % of GDPChina: 17.2 % of GDPColombia: 14.6 % of GDPCosta Rica: 14.3 % of GDPCuba: 26.7 % of GDPCape Verde: 22.6 % of GDPCyprus: 18.4 % of GDPCzechia: 19.6 % of GDPGermany: 21.5 % of GDPDjibouti: 17.1 % of GDPDenmark: 22.8 % of GDPDominican Republic: 11.3 % of GDPAlgeria: 17.9 % of GDPEcuador: 13.6 % of GDPEstonia: 20.3 % of GDPEgypt: 6.8 % of GDPSpain: 19.6 % of GDPEthiopia: 6.3 % of GDPFinland: 25.7 % of GDPFiji: 21.7 % of GDPFaroe Islands: 27 % of GDPFrance: 24.1 % of GDPGabon: 11.5 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 20.6 % of GDPGeorgia: 12.1 % of GDPGhana: 5.5 % of GDPGreenland: 41.7 % of GDPGambia: 9.6 % of GDPGuinea: 13.5 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 26.6 % of GDPGreece: 19.4 % of GDPGuatemala: 11.2 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 16.4 % of GDPHong Kong: 13.3 % of GDPHonduras: 14.9 % of GDPCroatia: 21 % of GDPHaiti: 6.2 % of GDPHungary: 20.5 % of GDPIndonesia: 7.5 % of GDPIreland: 12.1 % of GDPIsrael: 22.6 % of GDPIndia: 10.6 % of GDPIraq: 18.7 % of GDPIran: 12.6 % of GDPIceland: 25.2 % of GDPItaly: 17.9 % of GDPJapan: 20.1 % of GDPKenya: 11.8 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 16 % of GDPCambodia: 6.1 % of GDPKiribati: 64.3 % of GDPSouth Korea: 17.8 % of GDPKuwait: 24.6 % of GDPKazakhstan: 11.2 % of GDPLebanon: 5.2 % of GDPSri Lanka: 6.7 % of GDPLesotho: 35.4 % of GDPLithuania: 17.4 % of GDPLuxembourg: 18.4 % of GDPLatvia: 21 % of GDPLibya: 35 % of GDPMorocco: 18.2 % of GDPMoldova: 17.9 % of GDPMontenegro: 17.9 % of GDPMadagascar: 15.5 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 14.9 % of GDPMali: 12.9 % of GDPMongolia: 13 % of GDPMauritania: 16.5 % of GDPMauritius: 14.4 % of GDPMalawi: 19 % of GDPMexico: 11.2 % of GDPMalaysia: 12 % of GDPMozambique: 17.2 % of GDPNamibia: 21.8 % of GDPNiger: 12.4 % of GDPNicaragua: 12.9 % of GDPNetherlands: 25.1 % of GDPNorway: 21.2 % of GDPNepal: 6.6 % of GDPNew Zealand: 21.1 % of GDPOman: 18.8 % of GDPPanama: 12.3 % of GDPPeru: 13.5 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: 31.8 % of GDPPhilippines: 14.2 % of GDPPakistan: 10.3 % of GDPPoland: 18.9 % of GDPPuerto Rico: 8.1 % of GDPPalestine: 18.1 % of GDPPortugal: 16.7 % of GDPPalau: 41.7 % of GDPParaguay: 11.9 % of GDPRomania: 17.2 % of GDPSerbia: 17.1 % of GDPRussia: 18.2 % of GDPRwanda: 16.5 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 20.9 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 27.8 % of GDPSudan: 17.4 % of GDPSweden: 26.4 % of GDPSingapore: 9.8 % of GDPSlovenia: 19.2 % of GDPSlovakia: 20.3 % of GDPSierra Leone: 5.5 % of GDPSenegal: 15.8 % of GDPSomalia: 7.2 % of GDPEl Salvador: 18 % of GDPEswatini: 19.4 % of GDPChad: 9.4 % of GDPTogo: 13.3 % of GDPThailand: 16.6 % of GDPTajikistan: 10.7 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 52.9 % of GDPTurkmenistan: 12.7 % of GDPTunisia: 19.4 % of GDPTürkiye: 13.2 % of GDPTanzania: 8.8 % of GDPUkraine: 41.9 % of GDPUganda: 9.6 % of GDPUnited States: 13.5 % of GDPUruguay: 17.3 % of GDPUzbekistan: 15.3 % of GDPVietnam: 8.8 % of GDPVanuatu: 18.5 % of GDPSamoa: 16.5 % of GDPSouth Africa: 19.2 % of GDPZambia: 13.3 % of GDPZimbabwe: 12 % of GDP
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% of GDP, 2023. 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, 2023

Kiribati: 64.3 % of GDPKiribati64.3Marshall Islands: 57.2 % of GDPMarshall Islands57.2Timor-Leste: 52.9 % of GDPTimor-Leste52.9Ukraine: 41.9 % of GDPUkraine41.9Palau: 41.7 % of GDPPalau41.7Greenland: 41.7 % of GDPGreenland41.7Lesotho: 35.4 % of GDPLesotho35.4Libya: 35 % of GDPLibya35French Polynesia: 31.8 % of GDPFrench Polynesia31.8Botswana: 29.4 % of GDPBotswana29.4Solomon Islands: 27.8 % of GDPSolomon Islands27.8Faroe Islands: 27 % of GDPFaroe Islands27Cuba: 26.7 % of GDPCuba26.7Equatorial Guinea: 26.6 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea26.6Sweden: 26.4 % of GDPSweden26.4Finland: 25.7 % of GDPFinland25.7Iceland: 25.2 % of GDPIceland25.2Netherlands: 25.1 % of GDPNetherlands25.1Tonga: 25.1 % of GDPTonga25.1Kuwait: 24.6 % of GDPKuwait24.6Seychelles: 24.5 % of GDPSeychelles24.5France: 24.1 % of GDPFrance24.1Burundi: 23.6 % of GDPBurundi23.6Belgium: 23.4 % of GDPBelgium23.4Brunei: 22.9 % of GDPBrunei22.9Denmark: 22.8 % of GDPDenmark22.8Israel: 22.6 % of GDPIsrael22.6Cape Verde: 22.6 % of GDPCape Verde22.6Namibia: 21.8 % of GDPNamibia21.8Fiji: 21.7 % of GDPFiji21.7Germany: 21.5 % of GDPGermany21.5Australia: 21.2 % of GDPAustralia21.2Afghanistan: 21.2 % of GDPAfghanistan21.2Norway: 21.2 % of GDPNorway21.2New Zealand: 21.1 % of GDPNew Zealand21.1Croatia: 21 % of GDPCroatia21Latvia: 21 % of GDPLatvia21Aruba: 20.9 % of GDPAruba20.9Saudi Arabia: 20.9 % of GDPSaudi Arabia20.9Burkina Faso: 20.9 % of GDPBurkina Faso20.9Kiribati: 64.3 % of GDPKiribati64.3Marshall Islands: 57.2 % of GDPMarshall Islands57.2Timor-Leste: 52.9 % of GDPTimor-Leste52.9Ukraine: 41.9 % of GDPUkraine41.9Palau: 41.7 % of GDPPalau41.7Greenland: 41.7 % of GDPGreenland41.7Lesotho: 35.4 % of GDPLesotho35.4Libya: 35 % of GDPLibya35French Polynesia: 31.8 % of GDPFrench Polynesia31.8Botswana: 29.4 % of GDPBotswana29.4Solomon Islands: 27.8 % of GDPSolomon Islands27.8Faroe Islands: 27 % of GDPFaroe Islands27Cuba: 26.7 % of GDPCuba26.7Equatorial Guinea: 26.6 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea26.6Sweden: 26.4 % of GDPSweden26.4Finland: 25.7 % of GDPFinland25.7Iceland: 25.2 % of GDPIceland25.2Netherlands: 25.1 % of GDPNetherlands25.1Tonga: 25.1 % of GDPTonga25.1Kuwait: 24.6 % of GDPKuwait24.6Seychelles: 24.5 % of GDPSeychelles24.5France: 24.1 % of GDPFrance24.1Burundi: 23.6 % of GDPBurundi23.6Belgium: 23.4 % of GDPBelgium23.4Brunei: 22.9 % of GDPBrunei22.9Denmark: 22.8 % of GDPDenmark22.8Israel: 22.6 % of GDPIsrael22.6Cape Verde: 22.6 % of GDPCape Verde22.6Namibia: 21.8 % of GDPNamibia21.8Fiji: 21.7 % of GDPFiji21.7Germany: 21.5 % of GDPGermany21.5Australia: 21.2 % of GDPAustralia21.2Afghanistan: 21.2 % of GDPAfghanistan21.2Norway: 21.2 % of GDPNorway21.2New Zealand: 21.1 % of GDPNew Zealand21.1Croatia: 21 % of GDPCroatia21Latvia: 21 % of GDPLatvia21Aruba: 20.9 % of GDPAruba20.9Saudi Arabia: 20.9 % of GDPSaudi Arabia20.9Burkina Faso: 20.9 % of GDPBurkina Faso20.9
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) (NE.CON.GOVT.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankCountries2023
% of GDP		Change on 2022
1Kiribati64.3+1.4 pts
2Marshall Islands57.2-4.9 pts
3Timor-Leste52.9+19.8 pts
4Ukraine41.9+2 pts
5Palau41.7-0.5 pts
6Greenland41.7+0.4 pts
7Lesotho35.4+0.2 pts
8Libya35+2.5 pts
9French Polynesia31.8-1 pts
10Botswana29.4+1.5 pts
11Solomon Islands27.8+1.4 pts
12Faroe Islands270 pts
13Cuba26.7-6 pts
14Equatorial Guinea26.6+4.4 pts
15Sweden26.4+0.7 pts
16Finland25.7+1.5 pts
17Iceland25.2-0.4 pts
18Netherlands25.1+0.8 pts
19Tonga25.1-2.8 pts
20Kuwait24.6+3.7 pts
21Seychelles24.5+4.4 pts
22France24.1-0.5 pts
23Burundi23.6-2.2 pts
24Belgium23.4-0 pts
25Brunei22.9+2.7 pts
26Denmark22.8+0.8 pts
27Israel22.6+1.6 pts
28Cape Verde22.6+0.2 pts
29Namibia21.8-1.2 pts
30Fiji21.7+0.5 pts
31Germany21.5-0.3 pts
32Australia21.2-0.8 pts
33Afghanistan21.2-0.6 pts
34Norway21.2+3.6 pts
35New Zealand21.1-0 pts
36Croatia21-0.2 pts
37Latvia21+0.3 pts
38Aruba20.9-0.6 pts
39Saudi Arabia20.9+1.8 pts
40Burkina Faso20.9-0.1 pts
41Canada20.7+0.4 pts
42United Kingdom20.6+0.1 pts
43Austria20.60 pts
44Hungary20.5-0.2 pts
45Bhutan20.3-0.7 pts
46Slovakia20.3-0.9 pts
47Estonia20.3+1.2 pts
48Japan20.1-0.6 pts
49Spain19.6-0.4 pts
50Czechia19.6-0 pts
51Greece19.4-0.5 pts
52Tunisia19.4-1 pts
53Eswatini19.4-0.6 pts
54Slovenia19.2-0.3 pts
55South Africa19.2+0.4 pts
56Bosnia and Herzegovina19.1+0.5 pts
57Brazil19+0.6 pts
58Malawi19-2.4 pts
59Poland18.9+0.8 pts
60Oman18.8+1.2 pts
61Iraq18.7+4.9 pts
62Bulgaria18.5+0.2 pts
63Vanuatu18.5-2.9 pts
64Cyprus18.4+0.4 pts
65Luxembourg18.4+0.3 pts
66Russia18.2+1.1 pts
67Morocco18.2-0.8 pts
68Palestine18.1-2.4 pts
69El Salvador18-0.8 pts
70Moldova17.9+0.4 pts
71Algeria17.9+1.4 pts
72Italy17.9-0.9 pts
73Montenegro17.9-0.2 pts
74Belarus17.9+0.6 pts
75South Korea17.8+0.1 pts
76Lithuania17.4+0.4 pts
77Sudan17.4-0.4 pts
78Uruguay17.3+0.8 pts
79Mozambique17.2+0.7 pts
80Romania17.2+0.5 pts
81China17.2+0.5 pts
82Serbia17.1-1.2 pts
83Djibouti17.1-4.5 pts
84Maldives17-0.2 pts
85Angola16.9-0.4 pts
86Democratic Republic of the Congo16.9-0.3 pts
87Bolivia16.9+0.5 pts
88Portugal16.7-0.7 pts
89Thailand16.6-1.1 pts
90Rwanda16.5-0.8 pts
91Mauritania16.5-0.3 pts
92Samoa16.5-4 pts
93Malta16.4-1.2 pts
94Guinea-Bissau16.4-2.6 pts
95Argentina16.3+0.6 pts
96Kyrgyzstan16-0.8 pts
97Belize15.80 pts
98Senegal15.8+0.7 pts
99Madagascar15.5-1 pts
100Chile15.3+0.6 pts
101Uzbekistan15.3-0.5 pts
102North Macedonia14.9-0.1 pts
103Honduras14.9+0.7 pts
104Colombia14.6+0.6 pts
105Bahrain14.6+0.9 pts
106Mauritius14.4-1.6 pts
107Costa Rica14.3-0.5 pts
108Philippines14.2-0.8 pts
109San Marino14.1-2.9 pts
110Macao13.9-13.6 pts
111Azerbaijan13.8+2.2 pts
112Ecuador13.6+0.1 pts
113United States13.5-0.1 pts
114Peru13.5+0.1 pts
115Guinea13.5-3.6 pts
116Togo13.3+0.8 pts
117Zambia13.3-1.1 pts
118Hong Kong13.3-1 pts
119Türkiye13.2+1.4 pts
120Bahamas13.1-0.1 pts
121Republic of the Congo13.1+1.3 pts
122Mongolia13-0.9 pts
123Nicaragua12.9-1.1 pts
124Mali12.9+0.3 pts
125Turkmenistan12.7+1.2 pts
126Iran12.6-0.1 pts
127Niger12.4-2.4 pts
128Panama12.3-0.5 pts
129United Arab Emirates12.2-0.2 pts
130Georgia12.1-0.4 pts
131Albania12.1-0 pts
132Armenia12.1+0.4 pts
133Ireland12.1+1.1 pts
134Malaysia12+0.4 pts
135Zimbabwe12+0.8 pts
136Paraguay11.9+0.2 pts
137Kenya11.8-0.4 pts
138Switzerland11.7+0.3 pts
139Gabon11.5+0.7 pts
140Dominican Republic11.3+0.3 pts
141São Tomé and Príncipe11.3-1.8 pts
142Kazakhstan11.2+0.7 pts
143Mexico11.2+0.1 pts
144Cameroon11.2+0.7 pts
145Guatemala11.2-0.3 pts
146Bermuda11-0.9 pts
147Tajikistan10.7+0.5 pts
148India10.6-0.5 pts
149Pakistan10.3-0.1 pts
150Singapore9.8+0.7 pts
151Gambia9.6+1.3 pts
152Uganda9.6-0.2 pts
153Benin9.5-0.6 pts
154Chad9.4+0.6 pts
155Comoros9.3-0.3 pts
156Côte d’Ivoire9.3-0.2 pts
157Vietnam8.8-0 pts
158Tanzania8.8+0.5 pts
159Central African Republic8.3-0 pts
160Puerto Rico8.1+0.1 pts
161Indonesia7.5-0.2 pts
162Somalia7.2-0.3 pts
163Egypt6.8-0.5 pts
164Sri Lanka6.7-0.5 pts
165Nepal6.6-1.8 pts
166Ethiopia6.3-1 pts
167Haiti6.2-0.7 pts
168Cambodia6.1+0.2 pts
169Bangladesh5.7-0 pts
170Sierra Leone5.5-1.2 pts
171Ghana5.5-1.2 pts
172Lebanon5.2+1.5 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. 15 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Kiribati, with 64.3% of GDP in 2023, according to the World Bank.

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Lebanon, with 5.2% of GDP in 2023.

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