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Expense percentage of GDP

Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends.Source:
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Country
Expense (% of GDP)Expense (% of GDP)Year
1
Nauru
84.972%
2017
2
Kiribati
77.361%
2017
3
Marshall Islands
63.151%
2017
4
Kuwait
52%
2015
5
France
47.512%
2017
6
Greece
47.371%
2017
7
Austria
44.229%
2017
8
Latvia
42.641%
2017
9
San Marino
42.199%
2016
10
Hungary
42.122%
2017
11
Portugal
41.733%
2017
12
Palau
41.663%
2017
13
Italy
41.484%
2017
14
Belgium
40.222%
2017
15
Luxembourg
39.803%
2017
16
Slovakia
38.851%
2017
17
Norway
38.848%
2017
18
Croatia
38.559%
2017
19
Finland
38.201%
2017
20
Slovenia
38.024%
2017
21
Netherlands
37.813%
2017
22
Denmark
37.535%
2017
23
Serbia
36.893%
2012
24
Israel
36.676%
2017
25
Afghanistan
36.653%
2017
26
United Kingdom
36.42%
2017
27
East Timor
36.356%
2017
28
Barbados
36.299%
2015
29
Cyprus
36.12%
2017
30
Trinidad and Tobago
35.845%
2015
31
Tunisia
35.463%
2012
32
Estonia
35.245%
2017
33
Lesotho
35.235%
2017
34
Brazil
34.929%
2017
35
Malta
34.883%
2017
36
Namibia
34.798%
2017
37
Oman
34.556%
2013
38
South Africa
34.43%
2017
39
Bosnia and Herzegovina
34.351%
2017
40
Poland
34.207%
2017
41
Uruguay
34.122%
2017
42
Solomon Islands
33.636%
2017
43
Ukraine
33.576%
2017
44
Seychelles
33.327%
2016
45
Bulgaria
32.332%
2017
46
Czech Republic
32.102%
2017
47
Turkey
31.93%
2017
48
Romania
31.634%
2017
49
Tonga
31.402%
2017
50
Sweden
31.337%
2017
51
Lithuania
31.167%
2017
52
Russia
30.629%
2017
53
Ghana
30.533%
2015
54
New Zealand
30.475%
2017
55
Egypt
30.23%
2015
56
Iceland
29.932%
2017
57
Algeria
29.53%
2011
58
Belarus
29.322%
2017
59
Cape Verde
28.378%
2017
60
Republic of Macedonia
28.065%
2017
61
Saudi Arabia
27.969%
2017
62
Azerbaijan
27.959%
2017
63
Germany
27.893%
2017
64
Vanuatu
27.891%
2017
65
Belize
27.183%
2017
66
Moldova
26.803%
2017
67
Jamaica
26.63%
2017
68
Zimbabwe
26.596%
2017
69
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
26.584%
2017
70
Australia
26.559%
2017
71
Fiji
26.52%
2017
72
Costa Rica
26.419%
2017
73
Kenya
26.175%
2017
74
Jordan
26.124%
2017
75
Botswana
26.05%
2017
76
Kyrgyzstan
26.05%
2017
77
Iraq
25.996%
2016
78
Lebanon
25.805%
2017
79
South Korea
25.421%
2017
80
Colombia
25.257%
2017
81
Maldives
25.062%
2014
82
El Salvador
24.895%
2017
83
Georgia
24.763%
2017
84
Morocco
24.505%
2017
85
Saint Kitts And Nevis
24.426%
2017
86
Republic of Ireland
24.404%
2017
87
Argentina
24.318%
2017
88
Federated States of Micronesia
24.158%
2017
89
Albania
23.858%
2017
90
Mongolia
23.799%
2017
91
Bahrain
23.355%
2013
92
Mauritius
22.983%
2017
93
Samoa
22.919%
2017
94
Armenia
22.63%
2017
95
Suriname
22.4%
2012
96
United States
22.378%
2017
97
Chile
22.361%
2017
98
Honduras
21.976%
2015
99
Bolivia
21.811%
2007
100
Vietnam
21.563%
2013
101
Burkina Faso
21.114%
2017
102
Malawi
20.866%
2018
103
Zambia
20.808%
2017
104
Ivory Coast
20.576%
2017
105
Mexico
20.424%
2017
106
Peru
20.348%
2017
107
Republic of the Congo
20.101%
2016
108
Grenada
19.966%
2014
109
Iran
19.637%
2009
110
Nepal
19.611%
2017
111
Kazakhstan
19.484%
2017
112
Saint Lucia
19.444%
2017
113
The Bahamas
19.097%
2017
114
Rwanda
18.913%
2017
115
Spain
18.744%
2017
116
Qatar
18.723%
2010
117
Mozambique
18.409%
2017
118
Thailand
18.399%
2017
119
São Tomé and Príncipe
18.172%
2012
120
Senegal
18.044%
2017
121
Bhutan
17.887%
2017
122
Pakistan
17.614%
2011
123
Switzerland
17.409%
2017
124
Canada
17.328%
2017
125
Gambia
17.16%
1990
126
Gabon
17.085%
2016
127
Burundi
17.016%
2013
128
Papua New Guinea
16.929%
2017
129
Dominican Republic
16.86%
2017
130
Myanmar
16.751%
2017
131
Angola
16.671%
2017
132
Liberia
16.485%
2013
133
Nicaragua
16.446%
2017
134
Japan
16.442%
2017
135
Sri Lanka
16.438%
2017
136
Malaysia
16.047%
2017
137
Paraguay
15.623%
2017
138
Togo
15.391%
2017
139
Macao
15.133%
2017
140
Uzbekistan
14.981%
2017
141
India
14.863%
2017
142
Singapore
14.511%
2017
143
Tanzania
14.465%
2018
144
Indonesia
14.302%
2017
145
Cambodia
14.294%
2017
146
Philippines
14.258%
2017
147
Tajikistan
13.747%
2004
148
Uganda
13.32%
2017
149
Guinea-Bissau
12.627%
2017
150
Mali
12.497%
2017
151
Guatemala
11.841%
2016
152
Sierra Leone
11.77%
2014
153
Ethiopia
11.234%
2017
154
Cameroon
10.855%
2017
155
Sudan
10.478%
2016
156
Niger
10.165%
1980
157
Equatorial Guinea
9.807%
2017
158
Madagascar
9.447%
2002
159
Guinea
9.433%
1992
160
Bangladesh
9.419%
2016
161
China
8.568%
2016
162
Democratic Republic Of Congo
8.37%
2010
163
Central African Republic
7.805%
2016
164
United Arab Emirates
4.099%
2017
165
Somalia
0%
2017
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