Bulgaria vs Romania: Government spending by function

Bulgaria
35.5%
in 2023
Romania
31.4%
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
21st
Romania rank
24th

Government spending by function over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Romania
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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 35.5% against 31.4% in Romania, a difference of 4.2%.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 21st and Romania ranks 24th of 37 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Government spending by function
Unit
% of government expenditure
Source
OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
37 places, 618 data points, 2007–2024
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