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Gov. consumption / GDP

NE.CON.GOVT.ZS ยท %

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Laos. 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
22.51%2025
Period covered
1970 - 202556 annual values
Highest of the compared countries
25.87%Netherlands, 2025
Lowest of the compared countries
13.62%United States, 2024

8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.

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Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands25.87%2025
  • Germany22.51%2025
  • United Kingdom21.23%2025
  • Spain19.2%2025
  • Italy18.25%2025
  • China16.71%2024
  • Laos13.97%2016
  • United States13.62%2024

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.

Annual values by country
GermanyUnited KingdomItalySpainNetherlandsUnited StatesChinaLaos
202522.51%21.23%18.25%19.2%25.87%
202421.99%20.9%18.08%19.31%25.75%13.62%16.71%
202321.45%20.62%17.9%19.62%25.12%13.54%17.19%
202221.76%20.56%18.84%20.05%24.34%13.68%16.66%
202122.19%21.9%19.64%21%25.39%14.23%16.35%
202022.29%22.32%20.73%21.75%25.69%14.88%17.6%
201920.28%18.9%18.69%18.67%24.38%13.98%17.15%
201819.82%18.32%18.88%18.45%24.22%13.84%16.84%
201719.74%18.47%19%18.44%24.17%13.85%16.5%
201619.84%19.02%19.14%18.87%24.51%14.11%16.4%13.97%
201519.63%19.33%19.17%19.25%24.86%14.23%16.26%15.11%
201419.55%19.64%19.63%19.48%25.61%14.55%15.88%15.18%
201319.61%19.95%19.94%19.75%25.75%14.99%15.95%17.07%
201219.25%20.61%19.94%19.79%25.98%15.48%15.9%13.42%
201119.05%20.81%19.94%20.49%25.74%16.1%15.51%11.56%
201019.58%21.38%20.69%20.48%26.24%16.69%14.84%11.9%
200920%21.71%20.82%20.52%25.96%16.81%14.99%13.38%
200818.35%20.16%19.67%18.72%23.46%15.93%14.73%7.77%
200717.97%19.51%19.11%17.61%23.25%15.19%14.84%7.92%
200618.46%19.65%19.55%17.27%23.2%15%15.03%7.57%

World Bank definition

General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. General government FCE includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees), and most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. 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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The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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