Primary government spending as a share of original budget by country
Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget (%)
Countries reporting
162
Highest
140.4%
Libya
Lowest
37.8%
Nigeria
Median
99.2%
Years covered
21
2004–2024
Data points
2,352
What the numbers show
Primary government spending as a share of original budget is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 140.4% in Libya; the lowest is 37.8% in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 99.2%, and the mean is 98.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Lithuania (up 1,358.0%), and the largest decrease in Cameroon (down 56.9%).
Primary government spending as a share of original budget: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 140.4% | 2023 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 2 | Nicaragua | 134.6% | 2021 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 3 | Slovakia | 133.5% | 2022 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 4 | Argentina | 128.2% | 2021 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 127.9% | 2021 | up 91.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 125.7% | 2021 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 7 | Japan | 123.0% | 2022 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 8 | Turkmenistan | 122.2% | 2023 | up 23.8% | flat |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 122.2% | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 10 | Hungary | 122.0% | 2022 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 11 | Ukraine | 118.3% | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 12 | Czechia | 117.4% | 2022 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 13 | South Sudan | 116.0% | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 14 | Lithuania | 115.6% | 2022 | up 1,358.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 114.5% | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 16 | Turkey | 114.1% | 2022 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 17 | Montenegro | 114.1% | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 18 | Anguilla | 113.5% | 2022 | up 19.9% | flat |
| 19 | Burundi | 112.4% | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 19 | Italy | 112.4% | 2022 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 21 | French Polynesia | 111.6% | 2020 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 22 | Micronesia (country) | 111.5% | 2021 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 23 | Slovenia | 111.4% | 2022 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 24 | Guyana | 111.3% | 2022 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 25 | Zambia | 111.2% | 2024 | up 18.4% | flat |
| 26 | Latvia | 109.4% | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 27 | Uzbekistan | 109.1% | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 28 | Cook Islands | 109.0% | 2020 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 30 | Spain | 108.0% | 2022 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 31 | Romania | 107.7% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 32 | Cyprus | 107.6% | 2022 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 33 | Jamaica | 107.5% | 2022 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 34 | Mexico | 107.2% | 2021 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 35 | Malawi | 107.2% | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 37 | Austria | 107.0% | 2022 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 39 | Grenada | 106.5% | 2022 | up 74.4% | falling |
| 40 | Maldives | 106.5% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 41 | Belarus | 106.4% | 2022 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 42 | Belgium | 105.8% | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 43 | Ghana | 105.8% | 2022 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 44 | Namibia | 105.5% | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 45 | Norway | 105.3% | 2022 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 46 | Tajikistan | 105.0% | 2022 | up 22.0% | flat |
| 47 | El Salvador | 104.9% | 2022 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 48 | Azerbaijan | 104.8% | 2024 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 49 | Estonia | 103.9% | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 50 | Germany | 103.8% | 2022 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 51 | Papua New Guinea | 103.6% | 2020 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 52 | France | 103.3% | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 53 | Tunisia | 103.2% | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 54 | Portugal | 103.0% | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 55 | Malaysia | 103.0% | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 56 | South Africa | 102.9% | 2022 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 57 | Togo | 102.6% | 2015 | up 14.9% | flat |
| 58 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 102.3% | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 59 | Netherlands | 101.7% | 2022 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 60 | Serbia | 101.5% | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 61 | Bhutan | 101.2% | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 62 | Belize | 101.1% | 2022 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 63 | Mauritius | 101.0% | 2024 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 64 | Brazil | 100.8% | 2021 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 65 | Kiribati | 100.8% | 2022 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 66 | Indonesia | 100.8% | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 67 | Ecuador | 100.7% | 2022 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 68 | Australia | 100.6% | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 69 | Rwanda | 100.6% | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 70 | Chile | 100.6% | 2022 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 71 | New Caledonia | 100.5% | 2018 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 72 | Eswatini | 100.1% | 2023 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 73 | Georgia | 100.1% | 2023 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 74 | Laos | 100.0% | 2017 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 75 | Mozambique | 100.0% | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 76 | Honduras | 99.9% | 2021 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 77 | Congo | 99.9% | 2018 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 78 | Algeria | 99.8% | 2019 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 79 | Moldova | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 80 | Morocco | 99.5% | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 81 | Ethiopia | 99.4% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 82 | Oman | 99.4% | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.4% | 2023 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 84 | Uganda | 99.2% | 2022 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 85 | Greenland | 99.2% | 2020 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 86 | Switzerland | 98.8% | 2019 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 87 | India | 98.7% | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 88 | Liberia | 98.6% | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 89 | China | 98.1% | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 90 | Vietnam | 98.1% | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 91 | Myanmar | 98.0% | 2018 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 92 | Marshall Islands | 97.9% | 2019 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 93 | Kazakhstan | 97.8% | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 94 | Uruguay | 97.8% | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 95 | Thailand | 97.6% | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 96 | Cote d'Ivoire | 97.3% | 2016 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 96 | Jordan | 97.3% | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 98 | Benin | 97.3% | 2018 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 99 | Armenia | 97.1% | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 100 | Solomon Islands | 96.8% | 2019 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 100 | Tanzania | 96.8% | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 102 | Saint Lucia | 96.7% | 2022 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 103 | Egypt | 96.7% | 2022 | up 12.3% | flat |
| 104 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 96.5% | 2023 | up 60.4% | flat |
| 105 | Senegal | 96.5% | 2017 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 106 | North Macedonia | 96.4% | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 107 | Poland | 96.3% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 108 | Burkina Faso | 95.8% | 2016 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 109 | Tonga | 95.6% | 2022 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 110 | Costa Rica | 95.6% | 2021 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 111 | Antigua and Barbuda | 95.5% | 2019 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 112 | Lebanon | 95.3% | 2020 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 113 | Chad | 95.0% | 2017 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 114 | Mongolia | 94.9% | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 115 | Croatia | 94.8% | 2022 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 116 | Cambodia | 94.7% | 2020 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 117 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 94.3% | 2022 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 118 | Fiji | 94.2% | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 119 | Vanuatu | 94.1% | 2022 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 120 | Philippines | 93.8% | 2018 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 121 | Russia | 93.7% | 2022 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 122 | Palau | 92.8% | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 123 | Sao Tome and Principe | 92.6% | 2022 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 124 | Gabon | 92.2% | 2020 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 125 | Dominica | 92.1% | 2022 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 92.0% | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 127 | Peru | 91.6% | 2022 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 128 | Palestine | 91.2% | 2024 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 129 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 91.1% | 2022 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 130 | Pakistan | 91.1% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 131 | Mauritania | 91.0% | 2018 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 132 | Seychelles | 90.8% | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 133 | Paraguay | 89.9% | 2021 | up 25.7% | flat |
| 134 | Kuwait | 89.8% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 135 | Finland | 89.2% | 2022 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 136 | Colombia | 89.0% | 2022 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 137 | Niue | 88.9% | 2019 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 138 | Panama | 87.9% | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 139 | Botswana | 87.2% | 2023 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 140 | Kenya | 86.2% | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 141 | Guinea | 85.9% | 2016 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 142 | Bulgaria | 85.9% | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 143 | Samoa | 84.4% | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 144 | Niger | 83.2% | 2021 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 145 | Bangladesh | 83.2% | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 146 | Suriname | 82.7% | 2020 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 147 | Bolivia | 82.7% | 2022 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 148 | Cape Verde | 82.5% | 2016 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 149 | Mali | 79.8% | 2018 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 150 | Comoros | 79.5% | 2022 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 151 | Haiti | 78.9% | 2022 | up 70.3% | falling |
| 152 | Somalia | 78.5% | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 153 | East Timor | 78.4% | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 154 | Iraq | 78.2% | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 155 | Nepal | 77.7% | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 156 | Sudan | 76.4% | 2022 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 157 | Angola | 73.5% | 2023 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 158 | Lesotho | 72.3% | 2022 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 159 | Guinea-Bissau | 69.5% | 2017 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 160 | Guatemala | 66.6% | 2021 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 161 | Gambia | 63.2% | 2021 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 162 | Madagascar | 60.6% | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 163 | Afghanistan | 48.7% | 2021 | down 30.3% | rising |
| 164 | Cameroon | 42.6% | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 165 | Nigeria | 37.8% | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
About this data
Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget (%)