Government spending vs. GDP, per square kilometre by country
Government spending vs. GDP divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
166
Highest
159.00 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre
Macao
Lowest
254.88 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre
Central African Republic
Median
67,008 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
6,600
What the numbers show
Government spending vs. GDP, per square kilometre is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 159.00 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre in Macao; the lowest is 254.88 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 67,008 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre, and the mean is 2.19 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 145 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 286.6%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 79.0%).
Government spending vs. GDP, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 159.00 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 2 | Singapore | 58.00 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 39.24 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Bermuda | 14.99 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 5 | Malta | 9.81 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 93.4% | rising |
| 6 | Bahrain | 8.64 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 7 | Netherlands | 6.81 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 5.05 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 9 | Israel | 4.15 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 10 | Belgium | 4.08 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 11 | San Marino | 3.98 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 12 | United States Virgin Islands | 3.45 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 13 | South Korea | 3.24 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Maldives | 2.79 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 15 | Qatar | 2.72 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2020 | up 61.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Japan | 2.70 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 2.70 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 18 | Switzerland | 2.34 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 19 | Germany | 2.30 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 20 | Kuwait | 2.05 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 21 | Denmark | 2.00 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 22 | Italy | 1.26 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 23 | France | 1.22 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 24 | Puerto Rico | 1.10 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 25 | Seychelles | 1.04 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Austria | 1.04 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 964,283 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 28 | Mauritius | 955,889 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 29 | Ireland | 840,132 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 30 | Marshall Islands | 683,100 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 31 | Brunei | 618,203 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 32 | Czechia | 562,066 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 33 | Spain | 557,834 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 34 | Cyprus | 550,232 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Slovenia | 485,224 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 36 | Palestine | 471,369 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 37 | Portugal | 433,824 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 38 | Poland | 375,032 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 39 | Slovakia | 370,587 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 40 | Sweden | 345,785 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 41 | Greece | 331,221 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 42 | Hungary | 328,169 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 43 | United States | 320,842 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 44 | Norway | 293,247 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 45 | Cuba | 266,846 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 46 | Croatia | 257,516 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 47 | Turkey | 226,779 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.1% | volatile |
| 48 | El Salvador | 221,871 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 49 | Bahamas | 216,506 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 50 | Finland | 215,916 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 51 | Costa Rica | 215,217 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 205,759 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Philippines | 201,912 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 101.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Palau | 187,590 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 55 | Tonga | 186,589 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 56 | New Zealand | 172,620 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 57 | Malaysia | 161,951 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Kiribati | 161,212 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 59 | Sri Lanka | 152,595 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 60 | Thailand | 144,093 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 141,389 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Romania | 131,396 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 63 | Estonia | 122,379 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 64 | Panama | 121,054 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 65 | Cape Verde | 118,657 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 66 | Lithuania | 115,295 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 67 | Vietnam | 112,230 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 68 | Iraq | 110,571 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 69 | Equatorial Guinea | 105,593 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 103,847 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.6% | falling |
| 71 | Serbia | 103,182 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 72 | Lebanon | 101,195 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 73 | India | 101,146 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Saudi Arabia | 100,332 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 75 | Latvia | 97,632 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 76 | Rwanda | 89,133 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 135.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Guatemala | 82,564 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Mexico | 79,416 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 79 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78,825 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 80 | Comoros | 72,954 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 81 | Haiti | 68,682 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 91.8% | rising |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 68,452 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 83 | Albania | 68,023 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 84 | Montenegro | 65,992 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 85 | East Timor | 64,417 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 86 | Chile | 62,024 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Ecuador | 60,880 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Morocco | 59,408 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 89 | South Africa | 59,209 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Samoa | 58,864 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 91 | Oman | 57,026 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 92 | Armenia | 56,683 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 93 | Tunisia | 55,121 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Eswatini | 53,656 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 95 | Iceland | 52,684 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 96 | Colombia | 52,228 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Indonesia | 51,318 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Australia | 50,156 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Pakistan | 49,302 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Egypt | 49,155 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Burundi | 46,702 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Brazil | 45,272 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Canada | 45,143 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 104 | Georgia | 42,569 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 105 | Iran | 40,912 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 106 | Argentina | 40,596 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 107 | Belarus | 40,199 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 108 | Sao Tome and Principe | 39,776 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 109 | Ukraine | 38,556 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 110 | Moldova | 37,811 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 111 | Honduras | 35,731 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | 33,641 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 113 | Djibouti | 29,686 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 114 | Peru | 26,165 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Uganda | 25,421 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 118.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Lesotho | 25,055 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Kenya | 23,383 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Zimbabwe | 23,249 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 147.2% | rising |
| 119 | Togo | 22,139 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Cote d'Ivoire | 21,651 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.6% | rising |
| 121 | Gambia | 21,263 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.2% | rising |
| 122 | Ghana | 21,124 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 123 | Senegal | 19,641 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Algeria | 18,609 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Belize | 17,889 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Russia | 17,747 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 127 | Nicaragua | 17,229 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Benin | 16,734 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Solomon Islands | 15,903 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 130 | Nepal | 15,813 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 131 | Bhutan | 14,944 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Paraguay | 13,190 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Vanuatu | 12,908 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 134 | Cambodia | 12,843 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Angola | 12,627 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 136 | Burkina Faso | 12,513 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 115.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Libya | 10,701 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 138 | Kazakhstan | 10,154 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 139 | Cameroon | 10,024 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Botswana | 10,023 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Guinea-Bissau | 9,591 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 89.0% | rising |
| 142 | Laos | 9,410 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2016 | up 286.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Syria | 8,537 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Guinea | 8,449 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Tanzania | 8,125 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.7% | rising |
| 146 | Sierra Leone | 7,603 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 7,527 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 148 | Gabon | 7,110 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,841 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 150 | Mozambique | 6,715 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Yemen | 6,631 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2018 | down 53.7% | rising |
| 152 | Bolivia | 6,455 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Ethiopia | 4,557 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 154 | Namibia | 3,883 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 155 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3,128 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 156 | Greenland | 2,974 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 157 | Mali | 2,771 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 73.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Madagascar | 2,642 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 159 | Congo | 2,551 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Mongolia | 1,923 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.2% | rising |
| 161 | Mauritania | 1,631 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.3% | rising |
| 162 | Niger | 1,471 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 163 | Chad | 1,253 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 164 | Somalia | 1,190 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 184.9% | rising |
| 165 | Sudan | 1,026 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 166 | Central African Republic | 254.88 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.7% | falling |
How this figure is calculated
Government spending vs. GDP divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Government spending vs. GDP ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Government spending vs. GDP National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Government spending vs. GDP divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.