Government Spending (% of GDP) Rankings by Country: Asia, 2026
Government expenditure, including consumption, transfers, interest payments, and investment, as a share of nominal GDP.
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| 1 | Timor-Leste | 93% | ||
| 2 | Kuwait | 48.9% | ||
| 3 | Israel | 44.2% | ||
| 4 | Iraq | 42.6% | ||
| 5 | Maldives | 42.1% | ||
| 6 | Cyprus | 40.1% | ||
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 37.8% | ||
| 8 | Japan | 37.6% | ||
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 37% | ||
| 10 | Bhutan | 35% | ||
| 11 | Jordan | 33.7% | ||
| 12 | Mongolia | 33.5% | ||
| 13 | Türkiye | 33.2% | ||
| 14 | China | 32.8% | ||
| 15 | Bahrain | 30.6% | ||
| 16 | Armenia | 30.3% | ||
| 17 | Tajikistan | 29.4% | ||
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 29.1% | ||
| 19 | Brunei | 29.1% | ||
| 20 | Qatar | 29% | ||
| 21 | Georgia | 28.9% | ||
| 22 | India | 28.6% | ||
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 26.7% | ||
| 24 | Oman | 26.6% | ||
| 25 | Macao | 26.3% | ||
| 26 | South Korea | 25.2% | ||
| 27 | Myanmar | 25% | ||
| 28 | Philippines | 24% | ||
| 29 | Thailand | 23.3% | ||
| 30 | Hong Kong | 22.9% | ||
| 31 | Malaysia | 22.5% | ||
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 22.5% | ||
| 33 | Nepal | 22.4% | ||
| 34 | Vietnam | 21.8% | ||
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 20.7% | ||
| 36 | Pakistan | 19% | ||
| 37 | Laos | 18.9% | ||
| 38 | Cambodia | 18.8% | ||
| 39 | Yemen | 18.4% | ||
| 40 | Taiwan | 18% | ||
| 41 | Indonesia | 16.8% | ||
| 42 | Singapore | 16.1% | ||
| 43 | Turkmenistan | 13.5% | ||
| 44 | Iran | 13.1% | ||
| 45 | Bangladesh | 12.1% |
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