Government Size by Country 2025
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5 Countries with the Largest Government as a % of GDP
105.2% of GDP
64.85% of GDP
63.14% of GDP
61.03% of GDP
56.54% of GDP
Country | Expenditure 2024↓ | Revenue 2024 | Net Borrowing 2024 | Real % Change Projected 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Kiribati | 117.44% | 105.2% | -12.24% | 2.4% |
 | Timor-Leste | 89.78% | 44.48% | -45.3% | 3.1% |
 | Marshall Islands | 64.13% | 61.03% | -3.09% | 3% |
 | Micronesia | 62.46% | 56.54% | -5.92% | 3.1% |
 | Belgium | 56.73% | 51.24% | -5.49% | 0.9% |
 | France | 56.66% | 51.85% | -4.81% | 1% |
 | Libya | 55.02% | 63.14% | 8.12% | 7.5% |
 | Finland | 54.17% | 51.74% | -2.44% | 1% |
 | Italy | 51.93% | 48.59% | -3.34% | 0.7% |
 | Austria | 50.87% | 49.37% | -1.49% | 0.8% |
 | Kuwait | 50.51% | 54.73% | 4.22% | 3.6% |
 | Denmark | 49.79% | 50.24% | 0.46% | 1.4% |
 | Dominica | 48.78% | 43.45% | -5.33% | 4.6% |
 | Germany | 48.76% | 46.85% | -1.91% | 0.5% |
 | Sweden | 48.04% | 47.75% | -0.29% | 0.6% |
 | Greece | 46.98% | 45.72% | -1.26% | 2% |
 | Spain | 46.96% | 43.46% | -3.51% | 1.5% |
 | Hungary | 46.94% | 44.4% | -2.54% | 3.1% |
 | Croatia | 46.37% | 44.67% | -1.7% | 2.6% |
 | Lesotho | 46.12% | 54.5% | 8.38% | 2.3% |
 | Luxembourg | 46.1% | 44.29% | -1.81% | 1.5% |
 | Poland | 45.94% | 42.1% | -3.84% | 2.3% |
 | Portugal | 44.86% | 43.65% | -1.21% | 1.5% |
 | Slovenia | 44.61% | 42.15% | -2.46% | 2.2% |
 | Netherlands | 44.16% | 42.66% | -1.5% | 1.2% |
 | Iraq | 43.86% | 38.74% | -5.12% | 2.9% |
 | Brazil | 43.66% | 35.47% | -8.19% | 1.7% |
 | Czech Republic | 43.61% | 40.79% | -2.83% | 2.3% |
 | United Kingdom | 43.55% | 39.17% | -4.37% | 0.6% |
 | Montenegro | 43.48% | 38.41% | -5.07% | 3.7% |
 | Iceland | 43.44% | 41.61% | -1.83% | 1.7% |
 | New Zealand | 43.31% | 40.25% | -3.07% | 1% |
 | Slovakia | 43.13% | 39.05% | -4.08% | 2.5% |
 | Vanuatu | 42.94% | 35.69% | -7.26% | 2.6% |
 | Serbia | 42.49% | 41.91% | -0.58% | 3% |
 | Estonia | 42.43% | 38.9% | -3.52% | 2.4% |
 | Palau | 41.65% | 38.3% | -3.36% | 12.4% |
 | Tonga | 41.63% | 39.94% | -1.69% | 2.5% |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 41.37% | 41.71% | 0.34% | 3.8% |
 | Norway | 41.12% | 64.85% | 23.74% | 1.5% |
 | Canada | 40.99% | 40.62% | -0.37% | 1.4% |
 | Latvia | 39.89% | 37.86% | -2.03% | 2.6% |
 | Japan | 39.43% | 35.44% | -3.99% | 0.9% |
 | Australia | 39.43% | 36.64% | -2.79% | 1.2% |
 | Cyprus | 39.27% | 40.95% | 1.68% | 2.7% |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39.06% | 39.3% | 0.24% | 3% |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 38.82% | 34.62% | -4.2% | 4.3% |
 | Malta | 38.56% | 34.83% | -3.73% | 3.3% |
 | United States | 38.4% | 31.56% | -6.83% | 2.1% |
 | Bulgaria | 38.25% | 35.22% | -3.03% | 3.2% |
 | Lithuania | 38.02% | 35.18% | -2.84% | 2.7% |
 | Maldives | 37.59% | 29.13% | -8.46% | 5% |
 | Argentina | 37.47% | 33.87% | -3.6% | 2.8% |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 37.31% | 28.86% | -8.44% | 5% |
 | Samoa | 36.85% | 34.4% | -2.44% | 3.6% |
 | Israel | 36.48% | 35.12% | -1.37% | 3% |
 | Algeria | 36.22% | 28.39% | -7.83% | 3.1% |
 | Seychelles | 36.08% | 34.29% | -1.79% | 3.9% |
 | Moldova | 36.04% | 31.44% | -4.6% | 4.3% |
 | Namibia | 35.94% | 33.26% | -2.67% | 2.7% |
 | Romania | 35.83% | 30.63% | -5.2% | 3.8% |
 | Andorra | 35.66% | 38.15% | 2.48% | 1.5% |
 | Mongolia | 35.27% | 35.33% | 0.06% | 4.5% |
 | Russia | 35.06% | 32.28% | -2.78% | 2.6% |
 | Eritrea | 34.67% | 35.27% | 0.6% | |
 | Belarus | 34.65% | 34.2% | -0.46% | 1.3% |
 | North Macedonia | 34.44% | 31.05% | -3.39% | 3.2% |
 | Colombia | 34.14% | 32.09% | -2.05% | 2% |
 | Turkey | 33.61% | 27.91% | -5.7% | 3% |
 | South Africa | 33.35% | 27.24% | -6.12% | 1% |
 | Switzerland | 32.83% | 33.01% | 0.18% | 1.8% |
 | Bolivia | 32.64% | 27.12% | -5.51% | 1.9% |
 | Burundi | 32.42% | 29.71% | -2.71% | 6% |
 | China | 32.26% | 25.87% | -6.4% | 4.6% |
 | Jordan | 31.97% | 25.86% | -6.1% | 2.7% |
 | Azerbaijan | 31.88% | 30.88% | -1% | 2.5% |
 | Solomon Islands | 31.88% | 27.38% | -4.51% | 2.4% |
 | Fiji | 31.4% | 24.13% | -7.27% | 3.9% |
 | Botswana | 31.28% | 29.79% | -1.5% | 4.1% |
 | Morocco | 31.12% | 26.75% | -4.37% | 3.6% |
 | Mozambique | 30.96% | 27.81% | -3.15% | 5% |
 | Oman | 30.81% | 31.75% | 0.94% | 2.7% |
 | Tunisia | 30.62% | 27.11% | -3.52% | 1.9% |
 | Bhutan | 30.56% | 22.51% | -8.05% | 3% |
 | Uzbekistan | 30.45% | 27.58% | -2.87% | 5.5% |
 | Eswatini | 30.28% | 29.52% | -0.76% | 3.3% |
 | Albania | 29.97% | 27.44% | -2.54% | 3.3% |
 | Saudi Arabia | 29.85% | 28.66% | -1.19% | 2.7% |
 | Rwanda | 29.79% | 23.72% | -6.07% | 7% |
 | Palestine | 29.71% | 26.77% | -2.94% | |
 | Barbados | 29.63% | 29.24% | -0.4% | 3.9% |
 | Cape Verde | 29.28% | 25.64% | -3.64% | 4.5% |
 | Uruguay | 29.13% | 26.65% | -2.48% | 3.3% |
 | Jamaica | 29.12% | 29.42% | 0.3% | 1.8% |
 | Egypt | 29.02% | 19.8% | -9.22% | 3.6% |
 | Zambia | 28.9% | 22.15% | -6.75% | 4.3% |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 28.76% | 26.59% | -2.17% | 2.2% |
 | Tajikistan | 28.67% | 26.2% | -2.47% | 5% |
 | El Salvador | 28.47% | 25.03% | -3.43% | 1.9% |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | 28.45% | 30.72% | 2.26% | 2.4% |
 | Georgia | 28.39% | 26.18% | -2.21% | 4.8% |
 | United Arab Emirates | 28.37% | 32.03% | 3.65% | 4% |
 | Grenada | 27.82% | 30.04% | 2.22% | 3.8% |
 | India | 27.74% | 19.4% | -8.34% | 6.5% |
 | Armenia | 27.46% | 24.79% | -2.67% | 5% |
 | Mauritius | 27.38% | 23.74% | -3.64% | 3.8% |
 | Burkina Faso | 27.28% | 20.6% | -6.68% | 6.4% |
 | Nicaragua | 27.09% | 26.35% | -0.74% | 3.3% |
 | Liberia | 27.06% | 23.16% | -3.9% | 5.3% |
 | Nepal | 26.95% | 22.89% | -4.06% | 5% |
 | Bahrain | 26.72% | 17.73% | -8.99% | 3.6% |
 | Qatar | 26.69% | 37.75% | 11.06% | 2.2% |
 | Mexico | 26.59% | 23.9% | -2.69% | 2.7% |
 | Chile | 26.57% | 25.37% | -1.2% | 1.6% |
 | Cambodia | 26.41% | 22.96% | -3.45% | 6.1% |
 | Ghana | 26.37% | 17.93% | -8.44% | 2.7% |
 | Senegal | 26.3% | 22.29% | -4.01% | 8.8% |
 | Suriname | 25.7% | 24.7% | -1% | 3% |
 | Malawi | 25.49% | 17.48% | -8.01% | 3.3% |
 | Mali | 25.32% | 21.02% | -4.3% | 4.8% |
 | Philippines | 25.22% | 21.5% | -3.72% | 5.9% |
 | Bahamas | 24.54% | 21% | -3.54% | 1.8% |
 | South Sudan | 24.48% | 31.46% | 6.98% | 4.2% |
 | Brunei | 24.22% | 18.36% | -5.87% | 3.5% |
 | Macau | 24.05% | 36.9% | 12.85% | 27.2% |
 | Aruba | 23.99% | 22.51% | -1.48% | 1.2% |
 | Sierra Leone | 23.92% | 21.04% | -2.88% | 4.7% |
 | Hong Kong | 23.8% | 22.8% | -1.01% | 2.9% |
 | Thailand | 23.67% | 20.53% | -3.14% | 3.2% |
 | Niger | 23.46% | 19.35% | -4.1% | 11.1% |
 | San Marino | 23.43% | 21.01% | -2.43% | 1.3% |
 | Peru | 23.38% | 21.51% | -1.87% | 2.7% |
 | Belize | 23.36% | 22.71% | -0.66% | 3% |
 | Mauritania | 23.31% | 21.6% | -1.71% | 5.3% |
 | Paraguay | 22.78% | 20.5% | -2.28% | 3.8% |
 | Angola | 22.55% | 20.63% | -1.92% | 3.3% |
 | Kenya | 22.34% | 17.93% | -4.42% | 5.3% |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | 22.31% | 20.66% | -1.65% | 5.4% |
 | Togo | 22.18% | 16.91% | -5.27% | 5.3% |
 | Panama | 22.03% | 20.02% | -2.01% | 4% |
 | Vietnam | 21.44% | 18.36% | -3.07% | 5.8% |
 | Gambia | 20.94% | 18.88% | -2.06% | 6.2% |
 | Ireland | 20.85% | 22.04% | 1.2% | 3.3% |
 | Pakistan | 20.82% | 12.53% | -8.29% | 2.5% |
 | Kazakhstan | 20.64% | 19.65% | -0.98% | 4.2% |
 | Papua New Guinea | 20.52% | 16.59% | -3.93% | 5% |
 | Malaysia | 20.44% | 15.89% | -4.56% | 4.3% |
 | Comoros | 20.3% | 14.7% | -5.6% | 3.5% |
 | Ivory Coast | 20.14% | 16.17% | -3.97% | 6.6% |
 | Puerto Rico | 19.99% | 21.24% | 1.25% | -0.2% |
 | Djibouti | 19.95% | 18.94% | -1.01% | 6% |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 19.88% | 16.73% | -3.16% | 5% |
 | Myanmar | 19.17% | 14.17% | -5% | 2.6% |
 | Uganda | 19.13% | 15.81% | -3.32% | 5.7% |
 | DR Congo | 18.99% | 16.51% | -2.48% | 4.7% |
 | Madagascar | 18.61% | 15.27% | -3.34% | 4.8% |
 | Laos | 18.55% | 15.11% | -3.44% | 4% |
 | Costa Rica | 18.43% | 15.52% | -2.91% | 3.2% |
 | Tanzania | 18.22% | 15.64% | -2.58% | 6.1% |
 | Benin | 18.03% | 15.13% | -2.9% | 6.3% |
 | Zimbabwe | 17.8% | 15.56% | -2.23% | 3.6% |
 | Dominican Republic | 17.77% | 14.95% | -2.81% | 5.2% |
 | Gabon | 17.36% | 17.65% | 0.29% | 2.6% |
 | Central African Republic | 17.14% | 15.02% | -2.12% | 2.5% |
 | Indonesia | 17.12% | 14.58% | -2.54% | 5% |
 | Taiwan | 16.72% | 16.18% | -0.55% | 3% |
 | Chad | 16.7% | 21.21% | 4.51% | 3.7% |
 | Guyana | 16.48% | 14.57% | -1.92% | 26.6% |
 | Guinea | 16.17% | 13.79% | -2.38% | 5.6% |
 | Cameroon | 15.96% | 15.32% | -0.64% | 4.2% |
 | Singapore | 15.03% | 17.11% | 2.08% | 2.1% |
 | Bangladesh | 14.42% | 9.33% | -5.09% | 6% |
 | Iran | 14.42% | 8.24% | -6.18% | 2.5% |
 | Guatemala | 14.01% | 12.23% | -1.78% | 3.5% |
 | Nigeria | 13.9% | 8.49% | -5.41% | 3% |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 13.26% | 14.96% | 1.7% | -5.5% |
 | Sudan | 12.93% | 10.37% | -2.56% | 0.3% |
 | Ethiopia | 12.42% | 9.42% | -3% | 6.2% |
 | Yemen | 10.77% | 10.58% | -0.18% | 2% |
 | Haiti | 10.66% | 8.9% | -1.76% | 1.4% |
 | Turkmenistan | 9.93% | 9.87% | -0.06% | 2.1% |
 | Somalia | 8.54% | 6.42% | -2.12% | 3.7% |
 | Ukraine | 3.2% |
- One common measure of a country’s government size is to compare the government’s economic activity to the country’s GDP as a whole. This comparison is illustrated in the data below.
- Real GDP growth was forecast to increase 3.1% in 2024, a slight rise from the October 2023 outlook.
- While positive growth is projected across all regions, it varies widely due to many factors spanning from the effects of higher borrowing costs to low consumer sentiment.
