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Norway vs Sweden: Government spending by function

Norway
37.6%
in 2024
Sweden
37.8%
in 2023
Norway rank
15th
Sweden rank
12th

Government spending by function over time

  • Norway
  • Sweden
010203040200720152024

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 37.8% against 37.6% in Norway, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Norway ranks 15th and Sweden ranks 12th 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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