Israel vs Latvia: Government spending by function

Israel
28.2%
in 2023
Latvia
31.0%
in 2023
Israel rank
29th
Latvia rank
26th

Government spending by function over time

  • Israel
  • Latvia
0102030200720152023

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 31.0% against 28.2% in Israel, a difference of 2.8%.

That makes Latvia's figure about 1.1 times Israel's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Israel ahead.

Israel ranks 29th 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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