Public finance statistics
Government debt, deficits and military spending as a share of GDP. 8 indicators, each from an official publisher with a citation.
Key facts
- Government debt in the European Union (27): 81.7% of GDP (2025)
- Government balance in the United States: -8% of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure in the World: 2.5% of GDP (2025)
- Public school current spending per pupil in the United States: $17,619 (2024)
- Government spending on education (COFOG) in the European Union (27): 4.7% of GDP (2024)
- General government gross debt, national accounts in the United States: 136.4% of GDP (2025)
Public finance by area
- Government debt
- Government balance
- Military expenditure
- Public school current spending per pupil
- Government spending on education (COFOG)
- General government gross debt, national accounts
- Government spending on education, share of GDP
- Government spending on education, share of government spending
Government debt
General government consolidated gross debt (Maastricht definition) as a percentage of GDP.
Government balance
General government net lending (+) or net borrowing (-) as a percentage of GDP.
Military expenditure
Military expenditure as a percentage of GDP: current and capital spending on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces, defence ministries, paramilitary forces trained for military operations and military space activities. World Bank series from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Public school current spending per pupil
Current spending of public elementary and secondary school systems divided by their fall enrollment, in US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances (Table 8). Current spending is instruction plus support services such as administration, transport and food services; it leaves out capital outlay, debt interest, payments to other school systems, and adult education and other programs outside kindergarten to grade 12. The year is the fiscal year, which ends on 30 June in most states (2024 means July 2023 to June 2024).
Government spending on education (COFOG)
Total expenditure of general government on education (COFOG division 09: pre-primary to tertiary education, education not definable by level, subsidiary services, research and development and other education spending) as a percentage of GDP, from the government accounts by function (ESA 2010).
General government gross debt, national accounts
Gross debt of general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, under the System of National Accounts: all liabilities that are debt instruments, including loans, debt securities, currency and deposits, insurance and pension entitlements and other accounts payable.
Government spending on education, share of GDP
General government expenditure on education at all levels (current, capital and transfers), as a percentage of GDP. Includes spending funded by international transfers to government. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Government spending on education, share of government spending
General government expenditure on education as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors. Calculated and published by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
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