Denmark vs Finland: Government spending by function

Denmark
41.5%
in 2024
Finland
46.0%
in 2023
Denmark rank
3rd
Finland rank
1st

Government spending by function over time

  • Denmark
  • Finland
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How they compare

Finland currently reports 46.0% against 41.5% in Denmark, a difference of 4.5%.

That makes Finland's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 3rd and Finland ranks 1st 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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