# EU countries by general government final consumption expenditure, share of GDP, 2025

All 27 values come from World Bank for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- 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/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % of GDP |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Sweden | 26.4 |
| 2 | Finland | 26.1 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 25.9 |
| 4 | France | 24.4 |
| 5 | Croatia | 24.3 |
| 6 | Belgium | 24 |
| 7 | Denmark | 23.2 |
| 8 | Latvia | 22.9 |
| 9 | Germany | 22.5 |
| 10 | Austria | 21.9 |
| 11 | Estonia | 21.5 |
| 12 | Slovakia | 21.4 |
| 13 | Poland | 21.3 |
| 14 | Slovenia | 21.2 |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 20.8 |
| 16 | Hungary | 20.8 |
| 17 | Czechia | 20 |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 19.8 |
| 19 | Lithuania | 19.3 |
| 20 | Spain | 19.2 |
| 21 | Cyprus | 18.5 |
| 22 | Italy | 18.3 |
| 23 | Greece | 18.2 |
| 24 | Malta | 17.5 |
| 25 | Romania | 17.3 |
| 26 | Portugal | 17 |
| 27 | Ireland | 11.2 |