Government Spending (% of GDP) Rankings by Country: Africa, 2026
Government expenditure, including consumption, transfers, interest payments, and investment, as a share of nominal GDP.
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| 1 | Libya | 88.8% | ||
| 2 | Lesotho | 52.6% | ||
| 3 | Eswatini | 38.3% | ||
| 4 | Namibia | 37.6% | ||
| 5 | Tunisia | 36.1% | ||
| 6 | Botswana | 35.7% | ||
| 7 | Seychelles | 35.3% | ||
| 8 | Algeria | 33.8% | ||
| 9 | South Africa | 33.3% | ||
| 10 | Mozambique | 32.9% | ||
| 11 | Morocco | 31.7% | ||
| 12 | Mauritius | 31.3% | ||
| 13 | Zambia | 29.6% | ||
| 14 | Gabon | 29.6% | ||
| 15 | Malawi | 29.1% | ||
| 16 | Senegal | 29.1% | ||
| 17 | Egypt | 28.8% | ||
| 18 | Cabo Verde | 27.5% | ||
| 19 | South Sudan | 26.8% | ||
| 20 | Gambia | 25.5% | ||
| 21 | Republic of the Congo | 24.8% | ||
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 24.7% | ||
| 23 | Rwanda | 24.6% | ||
| 24 | Mauritania | 24% | ||
| 25 | Kenya | 23.7% | ||
| 26 | Togo | 23.4% | ||
| 27 | Guinea | 22.8% | ||
| 28 | Mali | 22.6% | ||
| 29 | Liberia | 22.3% | ||
| 30 | Uganda | 21.3% | ||
| 31 | Côte d’Ivoire | 20.6% | ||
| 32 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 20.6% | ||
| 33 | Tanzania | 20.6% | ||
| 34 | Burundi | 19.9% | ||
| 35 | Djibouti | 19.5% | ||
| 36 | Central African Republic | 19.3% | ||
| 37 | Equatorial Guinea | 19.2% | ||
| 38 | Ghana | 19% | ||
| 39 | Benin | 18.8% | ||
| 40 | Comoros | 18.8% | ||
| 41 | Chad | 18.6% | ||
| 42 | DR Congo | 18% | ||
| 43 | Guinea-Bissau | 17.7% | ||
| 44 | Madagascar | 17.1% | ||
| 45 | Angola | 16.8% | ||
| 46 | Zimbabwe | 16.7% | ||
| 47 | Cameroon | 16.7% | ||
| 48 | Sierra Leone | 15.9% | ||
| 49 | Niger | 15.4% | ||
| 50 | Nigeria | 15% | ||
| 51 | Ethiopia | 13.1% | ||
| 52 | Sudan | 8.5% | ||
| 53 | Somalia | 7.8% |
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