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Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Own-account capital formation is excluded.

Rank	Country	Value
Goods and services expense (% of expense) - Expense - Government finance - Public Sector - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)
1	Maldives (2008)	67.76
2	Oman (2001)	54.24
3	Rwanda (1992)	51.75
4	United Arab Emirates (1999)	45.7
5	Bhutan (2004)	44.12
6	Afghanistan (2008)	42.28
7	Lesotho (2008)	42.13
8	Sudan (1999)	41.48
9	Cambodia (2006)	40.84
10	Singapore (2008)	39.74
11	Mali (2007)	37.81
12	Laos (2007)	37.02
13	Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001)	36.36
14	Papua New Guinea (2002)	35.21
15	Vanuatu (1999)	32.23
16	Ivory Coast (2008)	31.99
17	Zambia (2007)	31.89
18	Gambia (1990)	31.27
19	New Zealand (2007)	30.25
20	Niger (2007)	29.6
21	Qatar (2008)	29.15
22	Swaziland (2003)	29.12
23	Botswana (1996)	28.87
24	Kyrgyzstan (2008)	28.83
25	Tajikistan (2004)	28.76
26	Macedonia (2008)	27.88
27	Sierra Leone (2004)	27.78
28	Uganda (2008)	27.68
29	Israel (2008)	27.6
30	Georgia (2008)	27.16
31	Mongolia (2008)	27.11
32	Thailand (2008)	27
33	China (2006)	26.99
34	St. Kitts and Nevis (2006)	26.72
35	Central African Republic (2004)	26.66
36	Malaysia (2003)	25.95
37	Bahrain (2008)	25.29
38	Senegal (2001)	25.04
39	Seychelles (2008)	24.69
40	Philippines (2008)	24.57
41	Belize (1997)	24.52
42	Ethiopia (2002)	24.15
43	Cameroon (1999)	22.85
44	Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)	22.8
45	Benin (2008)	22.51
46	Burundi (1996)	22.09
47	San Marino (2006)	21.59
48	Burkina Faso (2008)	20.94
49	Togo (2008)	20.87
50	Pakistan (2008)	20.85
51	Bahamas (2008)	20.84
52	Kazakhstan (2008)	20.26
53	Namibia (2007)	20.06
54	Kenya (2008)	19.8
55	Moldova (2008)	19.48
56	Dominican Republic (2007)	19.21
57	Kuwait (2008)	18.73
58	Peru (2008)	18.07
59	Republic of the Congo (2005)	17.93
60	United Kingdom (2008)	17.53
61	Netherlands Antilles (1995)	17.25
62	Iceland (2008)	17.22
63	Trinidad and Tobago (2007)	17.04
64	Yemen (1999)	16.8
65	South Asia (2008)	16.64
66	Macau (2008)	16.63
67	Cape Verde (2008)	16.62
68	Fiji (2006)	16.57
69	El Salvador (2008)	16.51
70	Panama (2001)	16.47
71	High income: nonOECD (2007)	16.27
72	Nicaragua (2008)	15.77
73	Honduras (2008)	15.7
74	United States (2008)	15.67
75	Lower middle income (2008)	15.45
76	Guinea (1999)	15.36
77	Guatemala (2008)	15.2
78	Low & middle income (2007)	15.03
79	Uruguay (2008)	14.95
80	Ghana (2007)	14.89
81	Bolivia (2007)	14.2
82	Malta (2008)	14.04
83	Madagascar (2007)	13.95
84	Latin America & Caribbean (2008)	13.89
85	Russia (2008)	13.84
86	Estonia (2007)	13.76
87	Romania (2008)	13.44
88	Barbados (2007)	13.42
89	Zimbabwe (1997)	13.41
90	Serbia (2008)	13.35
91	Slovenia (2008)	13.21
92	Europe & Central Asia (2008)	13.13
93	Bulgaria (2008)	12.92
94	Brazil (2008)	12.82
95	Middle income (2008)	12.62
96	Lithuania (2008)	12.62
97	Cyprus (2007)	12.62
98	Upper middle income (2008)	12.42
99	South Africa (2008)	12.42
100	Bangladesh (2008)	12.42
101	Costa Rica (2008)	12.17
102	Ireland (2007)	12.12
103	Armenia (2008)	11.88
104	Belarus (2008)	11.85
105	Albania (2004)	11.72
106	Algeria (2008)	11.7
107	Ukraine (2008)	11.56
108	Mauritius (2008)	11.21
109	Latvia (2008)	11.09
110	Australia (2007)	11.01
111	Norway (2008)	10.95
112	Sri Lanka (2007)	10.94
113	India (2008)	10.83
114	Slovakia (2008)	10.52
115	Greece (2007)	10.51
116	Paraguay (2008)	10.45
117	Iran (2008)	10.37
118	Finland (2007)	9.78
119	Chile (2008)	9.76
120	High income (2007)	9.64
121	Croatia (2007)	9.64
122	Hungary (2008)	9.44
123	Sweden (1999)	9.44
124	Denmark (2007)	9.38
125	Azerbaijan (2008)	8.8
126	Morocco (2008)	8.52
127	Colombia (2008)	8.31
128	Switzerland (2007)	8.3
129	High income: OECD (2007)	8.3
130	Turkey (2008)	8.25
131	Mexico (2000)	7.87
132	Jamaica (2008)	7.84
133	Canada (2007)	7.83
134	Jordan (2008)	7.73
135	Middle East & North Africa (2008)	7.73
136	Poland (2008)	7.67
137	Indonesia (2004)	7.64
138	Netherlands (2007)	7.62
139	North Korea (2007)	7.03
140	South Korea (2007)	7.03
141	Egypt (2008)	6.92
142	Portugal (2008)	6.47
143	France (2007)	6.26
144	Austria (2008)	6.14
145	Ecuador (1994)	6.14
146	Euro area (2008)	6.14
147	Tunisia (2008)	6.08
148	Venezuela (2005)	6
149	Luxembourg (2007)	5.91
150	Czech Republic (2008)	5.75
151	Germany (2007)	4.85
152	Argentina (2004)	4.58
153	Spain (2008)	4.25
154	Italy (2008)	3.82
155	Lebanon (2008)	3.42
156	Belgium (2008)	2.65

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