Economy
Gov. spending / GDP
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS ยท %
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Zimbabwe. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
- Latest value, Germany
- 31.17%2022
- Period covered
- 1972 - 202251 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 47.28%Italy, 2023
- Lowest of the compared countries
- 10.98%Zimbabwe, 2018
7 of 8 countries compared, out of 142.
Latest known valuesorted by value
Italy47.28%2023
Netherlands39.97%2023
Spain34.04%2023
Germany31.17%2022
United States24.43%2023
Zimbabwe10.98%2018
Year by year values
Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.
| Germany | Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | Zimbabwe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 47.28% | 34.04% | 39.97% | 24.43% | ||
| 2022 | 31.17% | 48.37% | 35.34% | 39.37% | 24.61% | |
| 2021 | 32.67% | 49.65% | 38.36% | 41.8% | 31.24% | |
| 2020 | 32.15% | 50.34% | 40.37% | 43.02% | 31.8% | |
| 2019 | 27.88% | 42.29% | 32.11% | 37.5% | 22.51% | |
| 2018 | 27.36% | 42.5% | 31.73% | 37.99% | 22.17% | 10.98% |
| 2017 | 27.52% | 42.95% | 31.36% | 38.29% | 22.14% | 9.78% |
| 2016 | 27.37% | 43.2% | 32.43% | 39.44% | 22.42% | 25.24% |
| 2015 | 27.44% | 43.53% | 32.66% | 40.61% | 22.37% | 21.81% |
| 2014 | 27.52% | 43.57% | 34.53% | 41.95% | 22.61% | |
| 2013 | 28% | 43.75% | 35.34% | 42.44% | 22.88% | |
| 2012 | 27.94% | 43.5% | 38.03% | 42.14% | 23.91% | 20.21% |
| 2011 | 28.31% | 41.83% | 31.19% | 41.89% | 25.35% | 19.08% |
| 2010 | 30.76% | 42.69% | 31.47% | 42.5% | 26.05% | 16.12% |
| 2009 | 30.45% | 44.04% | 32.41% | 42.18% | 25.58% | 9.47% |
| 2008 | 27.81% | 40.56% | 28.6% | 38.41% | 22.79% | |
| 2007 | 27.53% | 39.07% | 27.41% | 37.74% | 20.86% | |
| 2006 | 28.7% | 39.6% | 27.19% | 38.33% | 20.6% | |
| 2005 | 30% | 39.04% | 27.28% | 37.52% | 20.75% | |
| 2004 | 29.99% | 38.71% | 28.88% | 38.48% | 20.45% | |
| 2003 | 31.16% | 39.51% | 39.23% | 20.66% | ||
| 2002 | 30.82% | 39.34% | 38.3% | 20.08% | ||
| 2001 | 30.42% | 39.86% | 38.06% | 19.51% | ||
| 2000 | 31.01% | 39.38% | 37.38% | 17.93% | ||
| 1999 | 31.35% | 40.91% | 38.34% | 18.1% | ||
| 1998 | 31.58% | 41.11% | 39.62% | 18.72% | ||
| 1997 | 31.79% | 44.96% | 41.09% | 19.39% | ||
| 1996 | 32.33% | 47.31% | 42.04% | 20.01% | ||
| 1995 | 38.22% | 48.05% | 48.62% | 20.53% | ||
| 1994 | 31.75% | 45.77% | 33.79% | 45.43% | 20.73% | |
| 1993 | 31.69% | 48.02% | 34.66% | 46.42% | 21.42% | |
| 1992 | 31.16% | 46.97% | 31.73% | 46.14% | 21.82% | |
| 1991 | 30.97% | 43.98% | 30.18% | 45.66% | 22.88% | |
| 1990 | 24.6% | 43.14% | 29.35% | 45.33% | 21.56% | |
| 1989 | 24.47% | 43.21% | 29.42% | 46.16% | 20.86% | |
| 1988 | 25.45% | 42.32% | 29.12% | 47.83% | 21.03% | |
| 1987 | 25.66% | 46.88% | 29.59% | 49.93% | 21.37% | |
| 1986 | 25.25% | 46.04% | 29.55% | 48.69% | 22.23% | |
| 1985 | 25.67% | 29.64% | 48.5% | 22.17% | ||
| 1984 | 26.1% | 27.64% | 49.2% | 21.47% | ||
| 1983 | 25.9% | 26.95% | 50.16% | 22.8% | ||
| 1982 | 26.32% | 26.3% | 49.39% | 22.46% | ||
| 1981 | 26.08% | 23.48% | 46.72% | 21% | ||
| 1980 | 25.29% | 38.48% | 23.11% | 45.48% | 20.54% | |
| 1979 | 24.16% | 35.65% | 22.54% | 44.65% | 18.92% | |
| 1978 | 24.62% | 33.81% | 20.97% | 43.31% | 19.12% | |
| 1977 | 24.63% | 30.09% | 19.2% | 42.29% | 19.6% | |
| 1976 | 24.55% | 29.94% | 17.6% | 40.93% | 19.73% | |
| 1975 | 24.39% | 30.96% | 17.3% | 40.69% | 19.47% | |
| 1974 | 22.11% | 26.52% | 16.41% | 35.8% | 17.88% | |
| 1973 | 20.51% | 26.56% | 16.2% | 34.88% | 17.9% | |
| 1972 | 20.09% | 16.01% | 17.8% |
World Bank definition
Expense (% of GDP)
Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
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