France vs Germany: Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$

France
1.81 million million USD
in 2024
Germany
2.32 million million USD
in 2024
France rank
3rd
Germany rank
2nd

Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$ over time

  • France
  • Germany
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 2.32 million million USD against 1.81 million million USD in France, a difference of 508,190 million USD.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.3 times France's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

France ranks 3rd and Germany ranks 2nd of 114 countries.

Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade France Germany Difference Ahead
2000s 1.17 million million USD 1.32 million million USD 156,789 million USD Germany
2010s 1.52 million million USD 1.65 million million USD 134,121 million USD Germany
2020s 1.72 million million USD 2.16 million million USD 439,352 million USD Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total expenditure (general government) — value us$, France or Germany?
Germany, at 2.32 million million USD against 1.81 million million USD in France as of 2024.
What is the difference in total expenditure (general government) — value us$ between France and Germany?
508,190 million USD, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Germany?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do France and Germany rank globally for total expenditure (general government) — value us$?
France ranks 3rd and Germany ranks 2nd of 114 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$
Unit
million USD
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
123 places, 2,235 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects GFS data, including Expenditure by Functions of Government (COFOG). The Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) is an international classification developed by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and published by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), with the aim of categorise governments' functions according to their purposes. The FAO questionnaire aligns with Table 7 of the IMF GFS questionnaire, replicates the relevant aggregates and drills down to request additional detail related to Agriculture. The FAO dataset consists of a time series, from 2001 onwards, of Total Government Expenditure and expenditure in: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, along with its three disaggregated subsectors of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; and Environmental Protection. In addition, expenditure in each detailed function are further disaggregated into Recurrent and Capital expenditure. Additional indicators include the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure, and the Agriculture Orientation Index (ratio between the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure and the Agriculture Value Added as Share of GDP). Data are reported for the highest level of government available (Consolidated general government, consolidated central government or budgetary central government) and are available for about 100 countries on a regular basis.