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Economic Outlook No 117 — Net capital outlays of the government by country

The OECD Economic Outlook presents the OECD’s analysis of the major global economic trends and prospects for the next two years. The Outlook puts forward a consistent set of projections for output, employment, government spending, prices and current balances based on a review of each member country and of the...

Countries reporting
34
Highest
5.02 trillion
Japan
Lowest
27.07 million
Bulgaria
Median
17.09 billion
Years covered
67
1960–2026
Data points
1,644

What the numbers show

Economic Outlook No 117 — Net capital outlays of the government is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 5.02 trillion in Japan; the lowest is 27.07 million in Bulgaria.

The median across all reporting countries is 17.09 billion, and the mean is 223.87 billion.

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Croatia (up 2,783.5%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 96.1%).

Economic Outlook No 117 — Net capital outlays of the government: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 5.02 trillion 2026 up 649.9% volatile
2 Hungary 650.73 billion 2026 up 21.5% volatile
2 Poland 174.06 billion 2026 up 1,064.3% volatile
3 United States of America 312.40 billion 2026 up 186.2% volatile
3 Netherlands 14.19 billion 2026 up 1,514.8% volatile
3 Croatia 2.81 billion 2026 up 2,783.5% volatile
4 Iceland 285.23 billion 2026 up 215.7% volatile
4 Slovenia 2.74 billion 2026 up 1,020.9% volatile
5 Sweden 279.27 billion 2026 up 380.9% volatile
5 Lithuania 1.68 billion 2026 up 2,078.4% volatile
6 Norway 131.36 billion 2026 up 118.4% volatile
6 Estonia 1.68 billion 2026 up 403.1% volatile
7 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 130.43 billion 2026 up 461.3% volatile
7 Latvia 885.14 million 2026 up 616.9% volatile
8 Germany 99.87 billion 2026 up 614.9% volatile
9 Romania 85.55 billion 2026 up 495.0% volatile
10 Australia 83.72 billion 2026 up 216.4% volatile
11 Denmark 69.24 billion 2026 up 138.6% volatile
12 Czechia 52.80 billion 2026 up 222.1% volatile
13 Italy 44.70 billion 2026 up 2,740.1% volatile
14 Canada 43.87 billion 2026 up 165.7% volatile
15 France 36.84 billion 2026 up 51.9% rising
16 Israel 19.99 billion 2026 up 23.9% rising
17 New Zealand 13.35 billion 2026 up 136.9% volatile
18 Switzerland 11.84 billion 2026 up 48.7% rising
19 Ireland 11.67 billion 2026 up 658.9% volatile
20 Belgium 7.41 billion 2026 up 505.8% volatile
21 Spain 6.60 billion 2026 up 206.0% volatile
22 Austria 5.56 billion 2026 up 103.6% rising
23 Greece 3.00 billion 2026 up 205.4% volatile
24 Luxembourg 2.84 billion 2026 up 112.8% volatile
25 Finland 2.73 billion 2026 up 104.7% volatile
26 Portugal 988.43 million 2026 up 140.1% volatile
27 Bulgaria 27.07 million 2026 down 96.1% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Economic Outlook No 117 — Net capital outlays of the government
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
37 places, 1,644 data points, 1960–2026
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The OECD Economic Outlook presents the OECD’s analysis of the major global economic trends and prospects for the next two years. The Outlook puts forward a consistent set of projections for output, employment, government spending, prices and current balances based on a review of each member country and of the induced effect on each of them on international developments. OECD (2025), OECD Economic Outlook No 117 (Edition 2025/1) EO117 Database documentation EO117 Last historical points gdp inflation cpi population unemployment real gdp gdp per capita employment OECD Economic Outlook website: https://www.oecd.org/economic-outlook/ Contact : eco.outlook@oecd.org Keywords : Outlook, forecasts, forecast, GDP