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Denmark vs Spain: Government spending by function

Denmark
41.5%
in 2024
Spain
40.7%
in 2023
Denmark rank
3rd
Spain rank
6th

Government spending by function over time

  • Denmark
  • Spain
010203040200720152024

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 41.5% against 40.7% in Spain, a difference of 0.8%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 3rd and Spain ranks 6th 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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