Namibia vs Vanuatu: Government spending as share of GDP

Namibia

39.9%

in 2024

Vanuatu

41.1%

in 2024

Namibia rank

42nd

Vanuatu rank

39th

Government spending as share of GDP over time

Vanuatu currently reports 41.1% against 39.9% in Namibia, a difference of 1.2%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Namibia ranks 42nd and Vanuatu ranks 39th of 151 countries.

Indicator: Government spending as share of GDP
Unit: % of GDP
Source: International Monetary Fund (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 151 places, 9,265 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The sum of all the money spent by the government on goods and services, as a percentage of GDP. It includes interest paid on government debt.