Finland vs Luxembourg: Government spending by function

Finland
46.0%
in 2023
Luxembourg
42.5%
in 2024
Finland rank
1st
Luxembourg rank
2nd

Government spending by function over time

  • Finland
  • Luxembourg
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How they compare

Finland currently reports 46.0% against 42.5% in Luxembourg, a difference of 3.5%.

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

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

Finland ranks 1st and Luxembourg ranks 2nd 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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