Govt expenditure share budget by country
Countries reporting
166
Highest
140.37
Libya
Lowest
0.77
Kiribati
Median
99.17
Years covered
22
2004–2025
Data points
2,464
What the numbers show
Govt expenditure share budget is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 140.37 in Libya; the lowest is 0.77 in Kiribati.
The median across all reporting countries is 99.17, and the mean is 97.26.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 182.
Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Lithuania (up 1,358.0%), and the largest decrease in Kiribati (down 93.9%).
Govt expenditure share budget: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 140.37 | 2023 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 2 | Nicaragua | 134.64 | 2021 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 3 | Slovakia | 133.47 | 2022 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 4 | Argentina | 128.21 | 2021 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 127.88 | 2021 | up 91.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 125.71 | 2021 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 125.63 | 2024 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 8 | Guinea | 124.81 | 2025 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 9 | Japan | 123 | 2022 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 122.15 | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 11 | Hungary | 122.03 | 2022 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 12 | Czechia | 117.36 | 2022 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 13 | Rwanda | 117.14 | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 14 | Lithuania | 115.62 | 2022 | up 1,358.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 114.45 | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 16 | Montenegro | 114.07 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 17 | Mauritius | 113.86 | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 18 | South Sudan | 113.72 | 2024 | up 24.3% | flat |
| 19 | Anguilla | 113.53 | 2022 | up 19.9% | flat |
| 20 | Italy | 112.38 | 2022 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 21 | French Polynesia | 111.62 | 2020 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 22 | Micronesia (country) | 111.52 | 2021 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 23 | Slovenia | 111.38 | 2022 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 24 | Guyana | 111.26 | 2022 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 25 | Latvia | 109.44 | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 26 | Cook Islands | 109 | 2020 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 27 | Philippines | 108.78 | 2024 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 28 | Malta | 108.58 | 2022 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 29 | Spain | 108.02 | 2022 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 30 | Romania | 107.66 | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 31 | Cyprus | 107.64 | 2022 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 32 | Mexico | 107.2 | 2021 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 106.99 | 2021 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 34 | Austria | 106.97 | 2022 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 35 | Ireland | 106.63 | 2022 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 36 | Grenada | 106.52 | 2022 | up 74.4% | falling |
| 37 | Myanmar | 106.48 | 2025 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 38 | Belgium | 105.85 | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 39 | Malawi | 105.5 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 39 | Namibia | 105.5 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 41 | Norway | 105.33 | 2022 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 42 | El Salvador | 104.92 | 2022 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 43 | Azerbaijan | 104.84 | 2024 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 44 | Estonia | 103.88 | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 45 | Germany | 103.81 | 2022 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 46 | Malaysia | 103.76 | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 47 | France | 103.34 | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 48 | Jamaica | 103.31 | 2024 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 49 | Tunisia | 103.18 | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 50 | Zambia | 103.05 | 2025 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 51 | Portugal | 103.03 | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 52 | Togo | 102.32 | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 53 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 102.26 | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 54 | Seychelles | 102.14 | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 55 | Netherlands | 101.67 | 2022 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 56 | Serbia | 101.55 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 57 | Bhutan | 101.2 | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 58 | Belize | 101.14 | 2022 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 59 | Indonesia | 101.04 | 2024 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 60 | South Africa | 100.93 | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 61 | Brazil | 100.83 | 2021 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 62 | Cote d'Ivoire | 100.81 | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 63 | Ecuador | 100.67 | 2022 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 64 | Australia | 100.63 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 65 | Chile | 100.6 | 2022 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 66 | Albania | 100.53 | 2022 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 67 | Kazakhstan | 100.52 | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 68 | New Caledonia | 100.5 | 2018 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 69 | Georgia | 100.43 | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 70 | Thailand | 100.21 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 71 | Gambia | 100.14 | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 72 | Eswatini | 100.11 | 2023 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 73 | Honduras | 99.89 | 2021 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 74 | Congo | 99.87 | 2018 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 75 | Maldives | 99.82 | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 76 | Algeria | 99.8 | 2019 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 99.77 | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 78 | Moldova | 99.49 | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 79 | Morocco | 99.48 | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 80 | Oman | 99.4 | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 81 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.37 | 2023 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 82 | Uzbekistan | 99.36 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 83 | Ethiopia | 99.18 | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 84 | Greenland | 99.15 | 2020 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 85 | Liberia | 98.93 | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 86 | Burkina Faso | 98.92 | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 87 | China | 98.83 | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 88 | Senegal | 98.78 | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 89 | Switzerland | 98.75 | 2019 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 90 | India | 98.67 | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 91 | Belarus | 98.34 | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 92 | Vietnam | 98.29 | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 93 | Benin | 98.26 | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 94 | Tanzania | 98.15 | 2025 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 95 | Guinea-Bissau | 98.12 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 96 | Uruguay | 97.8 | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 97 | Jordan | 97.35 | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 98 | Turkey | 97.2 | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 99 | Solomon Islands | 96.75 | 2019 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 100 | Saint Lucia | 96.69 | 2022 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 101 | Egypt | 96.68 | 2022 | up 12.3% | flat |
| 102 | Lesotho | 96.44 | 2023 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 103 | North Macedonia | 96.4 | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 104 | Fiji | 96.37 | 2025 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 105 | Poland | 96.3 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 106 | Ukraine | 96.14 | 2025 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 107 | Laos | 95.85 | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 108 | Papua New Guinea | 95.83 | 2025 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 109 | Tonga | 95.61 | 2022 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 110 | Costa Rica | 95.59 | 2021 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 111 | Antigua and Barbuda | 95.49 | 2019 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 112 | Lebanon | 95.26 | 2020 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 113 | Palau | 94.86 | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 114 | Croatia | 94.76 | 2022 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 115 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 94.32 | 2022 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 116 | Mongolia | 94.24 | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 117 | Bolivia | 94.08 | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 118 | Armenia | 93.85 | 2024 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 119 | Russia | 93.69 | 2022 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 120 | Gabon | 92.18 | 2020 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 121 | Dominica | 92.09 | 2022 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 122 | Sri Lanka | 92.05 | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 123 | Peru | 91.58 | 2022 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 124 | Colombia | 91.38 | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 125 | Palestine | 91.17 | 2024 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 126 | Cambodia | 91.16 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 91.12 | 2022 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 128 | Pakistan | 91.07 | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 129 | Mozambique | 90.7 | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 130 | Mali | 90.3 | 2024 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 131 | Paraguay | 89.88 | 2021 | up 25.7% | flat |
| 132 | Kuwait | 89.81 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 133 | Kenya | 89.76 | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 134 | Finland | 89.21 | 2022 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 135 | Niue | 88.9 | 2019 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 136 | Uganda | 88.71 | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 137 | Panama | 87.87 | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 138 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 87.52 | 2024 | up 76.7% | falling |
| 139 | Chad | 87.46 | 2024 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 140 | Botswana | 86.64 | 2025 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 141 | Mauritania | 86.22 | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 142 | Bulgaria | 85.91 | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 143 | Cape Verde | 84.67 | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 144 | Samoa | 84.44 | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 145 | East Timor | 84.14 | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 146 | Bangladesh | 83.17 | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 147 | Suriname | 82.71 | 2020 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 148 | Burundi | 82.38 | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 149 | Nepal | 79.07 | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 150 | Haiti | 78.94 | 2022 | up 70.3% | falling |
| 151 | Iraq | 78.2 | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 152 | Comoros | 77.22 | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 153 | Sudan | 76.37 | 2022 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 154 | Angola | 73.48 | 2023 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 155 | Afghanistan | 73.24 | 2024 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 156 | Vanuatu | 71.71 | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 157 | Somalia | 71.44 | 2025 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 158 | Niger | 67.66 | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 159 | Guatemala | 66.62 | 2021 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 160 | Sao Tome and Principe | 66.36 | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 161 | Marshall Islands | 62.09 | 2023 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 162 | Madagascar | 60.6 | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 163 | Ghana | 54.94 | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 164 | Cameroon | 42.64 | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 165 | Nigeria | 37.75 | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 166 | Kiribati | 0.77 | 2022 | down 93.9% | volatile |