Countries by Government Spending

Global country ranking by government spending with latest available values, source notes, country links and economic context from World Bank / public data.
INDICATOR: Government Spending
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-07 11:21:25

Full ranking · Government Spending

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Rank Country Latest value Class Country page
1 Ukraine 37.92 open
2 Sweden 26.32 open
3 Finland 25.62 open
4 Iceland 25.14 open
5 Netherlands 24.91 open
6 Kuwait 24.6 open
7 Belgium 23.53 open
8 France 23.09 open
9 Croatia 23.04 open
10 Denmark 22.62 open
11 Israel 22.31 open
12 Australia 22.15 open
13 Norway 22.05 open
14 Japan 21.57 open
15 Saudi Arabia 21.32 open
16 Germany 21.06 open
17 Canada 20.91 open
18 New Zealand 20.87 open
19 Poland 20.81 open
20 Estonia 20.55 open
21 Austria 20.27 open
22 United Kingdom 20.24 open
23 Latvia 20.11 open
24 Slovakia 20 open
25 Hungary 19.95 open
26 Bulgaria 19.76 open
27 Czech Republic 19.55 open
28 Spain 19.47 open
29 Greece 19.33 open
30 Slovenia 19.2 open
31 South Africa 19.19 open
32 Tunisia 18.94 open
33 Brazil 18.77 open
34 Oman 18.73 open
35 Russia 18.55 open
36 Romania 18.51 open
37 Luxembourg 18.34 open
38 Algeria 18.06 open
39 Morocco 17.95 open
40 Italy 17.67 open
41 Serbia 17.49 open
42 South Korea 17.48 open
43 Lithuania 17.28 open
44 Portugal 16.69 open
45 Thailand 16.69 open
46 China 16.63 open
47 Jordan 15.84 open
48 Chile 15.07 open
49 Argentina 14.92 open
50 Colombia 14.89 open
51 Philippines 14.51 open
52 Turkey 14.46 open
53 Bahrain 14.11 open
54 United States 13.94 open
55 Peru 13.41 open
56 Qatar 12.88 open
57 Hong Kong 12.85 open
58 United Arab Emirates 12.22 open
59 Malaysia 11.96 open
60 Ireland 11.83 open
61 Switzerland 11.26 open
62 Mexico 11.21 open
63 Kenya 11.16 open
64 Kazakhstan 10.79 open
65 Singapore 10.59 open
66 India 9.99 open
67 Vietnam 8.88 open
68 Pakistan 8.87 open
69 Indonesia 7.73 open
70 Egypt 6.27 open
71 Bangladesh 5.91 open
72 Ethiopia 5.52 open
73 Ghana 4.86 open

Ranking interpretation

context

This ranking uses the latest available value in the local indicator dataset.

Production version: ranking tables should show source timestamp, latest available year and fallback status.

Countries by Government Spending: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Spending for Germany. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: government spending by country, global government spending ranking, country ranking government spending, best countries by government spending.