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Estonia vs Latvia: Government spending by function

Estonia
31.3%
in 2023
Latvia
31.0%
in 2023
Estonia rank
25th
Latvia rank
26th

Government spending by function over time

  • Estonia
  • Latvia
0102030200720152023

How they compare

Estonia currently reports 31.3% against 31.0% in Latvia, a difference of 0.3%.

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

Estonia ranks 25th and Latvia ranks 26th 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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