Government spending vs. GDP, per unit of GDP by country
Government spending vs. GDP divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
166
Highest
0.5179 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP
East Timor
Lowest
0.0336 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP
Sudan
Median
0.126 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
7,051
What the numbers show
Government spending vs. GDP, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 0.5179 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in East Timor; the lowest is 0.0336 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.126 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.1426 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 129 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 57.8%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 84.8%).
Government spending vs. GDP, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Timor | 0.5179 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Libya | 0.4875 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | 0.4135 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 4 | Burundi | 0.3908 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 5 | Greenland | 0.367 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 6 | Kiribati | 0.344 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 7 | Lesotho | 0.313 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Solomon Islands | 0.3004 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 9 | Botswana | 0.2999 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 10 | Palau | 0.2747 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 11 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2707 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 12 | Mozambique | 0.2612 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 13 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.2581 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 14 | Cuba | 0.2523 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 15 | Japan | 0.2385 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Australia | 0.2329 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Namibia | 0.2326 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 18 | Kuwait | 0.2323 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 19 | Seychelles | 0.2274 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 0.2209 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 25.9% | falling |
| 21 | Eswatini | 0.2165 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 22 | Qatar | 0.2161 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2020 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Sweden | 0.2146 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Brunei | 0.2113 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 25 | Finland | 0.2105 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Norway | 0.2079 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Tonga | 0.2064 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 28 | Iraq | 0.2043 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 29 | France | 0.2012 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Iran | 0.1886 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Bhutan | 0.1882 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 32 | Canada | 0.1818 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Netherlands | 0.1815 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Cape Verde | 0.1799 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 35 | South Korea | 0.1775 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Belgium | 0.177 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Denmark | 0.1768 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Brazil | 0.1729 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 39 | New Zealand | 0.1716 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 40 | United Kingdom | 0.1706 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 0.168 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 42 | Oman | 0.168 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 43 | South Africa | 0.1676 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Israel | 0.1671 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Germany | 0.1651 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Morocco | 0.1639 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Algeria | 0.1628 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Yemen | 0.162 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Angola | 0.1593 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Tunisia | 0.1575 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Austria | 0.1572 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Argentina | 0.1567 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 53 | Mauritania | 0.1562 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Spain | 0.1542 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Croatia | 0.1531 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 56 | Rwanda | 0.1502 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 57 | Italy | 0.1496 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Greece | 0.1487 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Djibouti | 0.1475 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 60 | Vanuatu | 0.1467 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 25.2% | falling |
| 61 | Philippines | 0.1442 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Bahrain | 0.1428 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 63 | Iceland | 0.1418 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Luxembourg | 0.1398 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Samoa | 0.1391 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 66 | Burkina Faso | 0.139 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 67 | Bahamas | 0.1381 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 68 | Chile | 0.1366 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Colombia | 0.1365 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Laos | 0.1365 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 71 | Slovenia | 0.1337 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 72 | Latvia | 0.1331 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Thailand | 0.1317 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Egypt | 0.1316 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 75 | United Arab Emirates | 0.131 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1309 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 77 | Belize | 0.1294 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 78 | Bolivia | 0.1282 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Cyprus | 0.1279 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Mauritius | 0.1273 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Mali | 0.1271 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 82 | Mongolia | 0.1266 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 83 | Poland | 0.1263 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 84 | Malaysia | 0.1257 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Malta | 0.1254 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 86 | Togo | 0.1238 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 87 | El Salvador | 0.1226 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 88 | Uganda | 0.1218 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 36.1% | falling |
| 89 | Slovakia | 0.1212 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Hungary | 0.1209 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Portugal | 0.1182 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.118 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 93 | San Marino | 0.1179 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 94 | Maldives | 0.1179 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 95 | Palestine | 0.1178 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 96 | Russia | 0.1173 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Czechia | 0.1169 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Ecuador | 0.1164 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Estonia | 0.1161 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Georgia | 0.114 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 101 | Senegal | 0.1139 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Costa Rica | 0.1108 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Honduras | 0.1102 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Turkey | 0.1093 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 105 | Kenya | 0.1089 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 106 | Panama | 0.1079 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 107 | Peru | 0.107 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Paraguay | 0.1065 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Ukraine | 0.1057 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 110 | United States | 0.1034 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Uzbekistan | 0.1027 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 112 | Gambia | 0.1015 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 113 | Tanzania | 0.1007 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Montenegro | 0.099 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 115 | Macao | 0.0988 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 116 | Hong Kong | 0.0986 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 117 | North Macedonia | 0.0956 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 118 | Guinea | 0.0955 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 51.0% | rising |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 0.095 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Niger | 0.0939 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 121 | Pakistan | 0.0937 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Serbia | 0.0931 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Nicaragua | 0.0931 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Bulgaria | 0.0923 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Switzerland | 0.0906 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Gabon | 0.0893 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Bermuda | 0.089 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 128 | Mexico | 0.0885 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Ireland | 0.0874 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Belarus | 0.0873 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 131 | India | 0.0862 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 132 | Cameroon | 0.0857 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Sri Lanka | 0.0851 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 134 | Dominican Republic | 0.0826 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0825 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Comoros | 0.0822 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 137 | Benin | 0.082 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Sierra Leone | 0.0811 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 19.9% | falling |
| 139 | Vietnam | 0.0809 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Madagascar | 0.0779 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Guatemala | 0.0779 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Lithuania | 0.0778 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Tajikistan | 0.0769 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Singapore | 0.0757 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0748 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 146 | Puerto Rico | 0.0741 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Somalia | 0.074 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 148 | Indonesia | 0.0735 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Albania | 0.0711 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Romania | 0.0695 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Central African Republic | 0.0666 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 152 | Nepal | 0.0664 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 153 | Syria | 0.066 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 154 | Haiti | 0.0656 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 155 | Chad | 0.0635 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 156 | Moldova | 0.061 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0602 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 66.1% | falling |
| 158 | Ghana | 0.0598 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 159 | Congo | 0.0569 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Armenia | 0.0518 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Cambodia | 0.0481 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 162 | Lebanon | 0.0465 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 163 | Bangladesh | 0.0452 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 164 | Ethiopia | 0.043 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 165 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0345 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 84.8% | falling |
| 166 | Sudan | 0.0336 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.6% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Government spending vs. GDP divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Government spending vs. GDP ÷ GDP (current US$)
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
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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About this data
Government spending vs. GDP divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.