Lithuania vs Netherlands: Government spending by function

Lithuania
37.5%
in 2023
Netherlands
37.6%
in 2023
Lithuania rank
16th
Netherlands rank
14th

Government spending by function over time

  • Lithuania
  • Netherlands
010203040200720152023

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 37.6% against 37.5% in Lithuania, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Netherlands ahead.

Lithuania ranks 16th and Netherlands ranks 14th 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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