Government Spending (% of GDP) Rankings by Country: World, 2026

Showing: 189 (185 countries, 4 territories)

1	Nauru	131.6%
2	Kiribati	116.3%
3	Tuvalu	114.2%
4	Timor-Leste	93%
5	Libya	88.8%
6	Marshall Islands	82.5%
7	Ukraine	62.2%
8	Federated States of Micronesia	62%
9	Finland	58.7%
10	France	57.4%
11	Austria	55.2%
12	Belgium	54.9%
13	Lesotho	52.6%
14	Germany	51.7%
15	Palau	51.5%
16	Poland	51.2%
17	Italy	50.6%
18	Greece	50.3%
19	Croatia	50.2%
20	Slovenia	49.6%
21	Sweden	49.4%
22	Norway	49.3%
23	Denmark	48.9%
24	Kuwait	48.9%
25	Luxembourg	48.6%
26	Slovakia	48.5%
27	Hungary	48.1%
28	Brazil	47.9%
29	Dominica	47.6%
30	Estonia	47.3%
31	Tonga	46.3%
32	Netherlands	46.2%
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.3%
34	Spain	45.3%
35	Latvia	44.9%
36	Montenegro	44.6%
37	Canada	44.6%
38	Israel	44.2%
39	Iceland	44.2%
40	Portugal	43.9%
41	United Kingdom	43.9%
42	Serbia	43.7%
43	Czechia	43.3%
44	Lithuania	42.7%
45	Iraq	42.6%
46	Maldives	42.1%
47	Belarus	41.3%
48	New Zealand	41.2%
49	Saint Kitts and Nevis	40.8%
50	Solomon Islands	40.8%
51	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	40.6%
52	Moldova	40.2%
53	Cyprus	40.1%
54	Romania	39.7%
55	Australia	39.1%
56	Eswatini	38.3%
57	United States	37.9%
58	Andorra	37.8%
59	Bulgaria	37.8%
60	Kyrgyzstan	37.8%
61	Namibia	37.6%
62	Japan	37.6%
63	Russia	37.5%
64	Azerbaijan	37%
65	Grenada	36.9%
66	North Macedonia	36.2%
67	Tunisia	36.1%
68	Malta	35.9%
69	Botswana	35.7%
70	Seychelles	35.3%
71	Bhutan	35%
72	Trinidad and Tobago	34.7%
73	Fiji	34.6%
74	Algeria	33.8%
75	Jordan	33.7%
76	Mongolia	33.5%
77	South Africa	33.3%
78	Türkiye	33.2%
79	Jamaica	33.1%
80	Colombia	33%
81	Mozambique	32.9%
82	China	32.8%
83	Vanuatu	32.3%
84	Kosovo	32.3%
85	Uruguay	31.8%
86	Morocco	31.7%
87	Switzerland	31.5%
88	Argentina	31.3%
89	Mauritius	31.3%
90	Albania	31%
91	Bahrain	30.6%
92	Armenia	30.3%
93	Suriname	30.2%
94	Samoa	29.9%
95	Zambia	29.6%
96	El Salvador	29.6%
97	Gabon	29.6%
98	Mexico	29.5%
99	Tajikistan	29.4%
100	Malawi	29.1%
101	Senegal	29.1%
102	Uzbekistan	29.1%
103	Brunei	29.1%
104	Bolivia	29%
105	Qatar	29%
106	Georgia	28.9%
107	Egypt	28.8%
108	India	28.6%
109	Cabo Verde	27.5%
110	Nicaragua	27.1%
111	South Sudan	26.8%
112	Saudi Arabia	26.7%
113	Oman	26.6%
114	Macao	26.3%
115	Barbados	26.2%
116	Chile	26.1%
117	Belize	26.1%
118	Liechtenstein	25.5%
119	Gambia	25.5%
120	Honduras	25.5%
121	South Korea	25.2%
122	Saint Lucia	25.1%
123	Myanmar	25%
124	Republic of the Congo	24.8%
125	Burkina Faso	24.7%
126	Rwanda	24.6%
127	Philippines	24%
128	Mauritania	24%
129	Kenya	23.7%
130	Togo	23.4%
131	Thailand	23.3%
132	Hong Kong	22.9%
133	Guinea	22.8%
134	San Marino	22.7%
135	Mali	22.6%
136	Ireland	22.6%
137	Puerto Rico	22.5%
138	Malaysia	22.5%
139	United Arab Emirates	22.5%
140	Guyana	22.4%
141	Nepal	22.4%
142	Liberia	22.3%
143	Bahamas	22.3%
144	Antigua and Barbuda	22.3%
145	Vietnam	21.8%
146	Aruba	21.4%
147	Panama	21.4%
148	Peru	21.3%
149	Uganda	21.3%
150	Kazakhstan	20.7%
151	Côte d’Ivoire	20.6%
152	São Tomé and Príncipe	20.6%
153	Tanzania	20.6%
154	Burundi	19.9%
155	Djibouti	19.5%
156	Dominican Republic	19.4%
157	Papua New Guinea	19.3%
158	Central African Republic	19.3%
159	Paraguay	19.3%
160	Equatorial Guinea	19.2%
161	Ghana	19%
162	Pakistan	19%
163	Laos	18.9%
164	Cambodia	18.8%
165	Benin	18.8%
166	Comoros	18.8%
167	Chad	18.6%
168	Yemen	18.4%
169	DR Congo	18%
170	Taiwan	18%
171	Costa Rica	17.9%
172	Guinea-Bissau	17.7%
173	Madagascar	17.1%
174	Angola	16.8%
175	Indonesia	16.8%
176	Zimbabwe	16.7%
177	Cameroon	16.7%
178	Singapore	16.1%
179	Sierra Leone	15.9%
180	Niger	15.4%
181	Guatemala	15%
182	Nigeria	15%
183	Turkmenistan	13.5%
184	Iran	13.1%
185	Ethiopia	13.1%
186	Bangladesh	12.1%
187	Sudan	8.5%
188	Somalia	7.8%
189	Haiti	5.8%

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