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Italy vs Japan: Government spending by function

Italy
39.3%
in 2023
Japan
39.9%
in 2023
Italy rank
10th
Japan rank
8th

Government spending by function over time

  • Italy
  • Japan
010203040200720152023

How they compare

Japan currently reports 39.9% against 39.3% in Italy, a difference of 0.6%.

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

Italy ranks 10th and Japan ranks 8th 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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