Expense (% of GDP) - Expense - Government finance - Public Sector - World Development Indicators

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Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends.

Rank	Country	Value
Expense (% of GDP) - Expense - Government finance - Public Sector - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)
1	Cyprus (2007)	60.34
2	Lesotho (2008)	51.18
3	Maldives (2008)	49.2
4	Hungary (2008)	45.02
5	Iceland (2008)	44.79
6	France (2007)	44.4
7	Portugal (2008)	42.92
8	United Kingdom (2008)	42.83
9	Belgium (2008)	42.53
10	Greece (2007)	41.81
11	Malta (2007)	41.73
12	Israel (2008)	40.71
13	Netherlands (2007)	40.28
14	Italy (2008)	40.14
15	Barbados (2007)	40.11
16	San Marino (2006)	39.05
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)	38.87
18	Austria (2008)	38.37
19	Serbia (2008)	37.39
20	Slovenia (2008)	37.37
21	Ukraine (2008)	37.24
22	Sweden (1999)	36.66
23	Jordan (2008)	36.57
24	Denmark (2007)	36.49
25	Euro area (2007)	35.94
26	Poland (2008)	35.33
27	Croatia (2007)	34.71
28	Belarus (2008)	34.2
29	Luxembourg (2007)	34.13
30	Czech Republic (2008)	34.13
31	Finland (2007)	33.81
32	Romania (2008)	33.77
33	Zimbabwe (1997)	33.63
34	Seychelles (2008)	33.32
35	Jamaica (2008)	33.24
36	New Zealand (2007)	32.93
37	Moldova (2008)	32.82
38	Ireland (2007)	31.99
39	Lithuania (2008)	31.44
40	Macedonia (2008)	31.32
41	South Africa (2008)	30.94
42	Bulgaria (2008)	30.91
43	Slovakia (2008)	30.87
44	Norway (2008)	30.66
45	Egypt (2008)	30.42
46	Lebanon (2008)	30.4
47	Tunisia (2008)	30.39
48	St. Kitts and Nevis (2006)	30.24
49	Morocco (2008)	30.06
50	Ghana (2007)	29.45
51	Latvia (2008)	29.36
52	Botswana (1996)	29.25
53	Georgia (2008)	29.13
54	Germany (2007)	29.02
55	High income (2007)	27.91
56	High income: OECD (2007)	27.89
57	Oman (2001)	26.93
58	Estonia (2007)	26.84
59	Europe & Central Asia (2008)	26.79
60	Mongolia (2008)	26.33
61	Ecuador (1994)	26.3
62	Spain (2008)	26.27
63	Swaziland (2003)	25.94
64	Fiji (2006)	25.77
65	Cape Verde (2008)	25.77
66	Venezuela (2005)	25.07
67	Brazil (2008)	25.02
68	Middle East & North Africa (2007)	24.9
69	Republic of the Congo (2005)	24.79
70	Trinidad and Tobago (2007)	24.43
71	Uruguay (2008)	24.16
72	Namibia (2007)	23.98
73	Kuwait (2008)	23.96
74	Algeria (2008)	23.86
75	Colombia (2008)	23.7
76	Australia (2007)	23.62
77	United States (2008)	23.46
78	Sierra Leone (2004)	23.24
79	Panama (2001)	23.17
80	Afghanistan (2008)	22.99
81	Zambia (2007)	22.94
82	Turkey (2008)	22.83
83	Costa Rica (2008)	22.5
84	Yemen (1999)	22.15
85	Papua New Guinea (2002)	22.09
86	Albania (2004)	21.94
87	Bolivia (2007)	21.81
88	Honduras (2008)	21.6
89	Kenya (2008)	21.47
90	Russia (2008)	21.33
91	Vanuatu (1999)	21.25
92	Armenia (2008)	20.69
93	Ethiopia (2002)	20.67
94	Burundi (1999)	20.65
95	Iran (2007)	20.58
96	Sri Lanka (2007)	20.05
97	Middle income (2006)	19.74
98	Chile (2008)	19.68
99	Nicaragua (2008)	19.6
100	Low & middle income (2006)	19.58
101	Mauritius (2008)	19.33
102	Bahrain (2008)	19.04
103	Malaysia (2003)	18.95
104	Belize (1997)	18.91
105	North Korea (2007)	18.62
106	South Korea (2007)	18.62
107	Pakistan (2008)	18.56
108	El Salvador (2008)	18.5
109	Argentina (2004)	18.29
110	Thailand (2008)	18.25
111	Bahamas (2007)	17.96
112	Ivory Coast (2008)	17.93
113	Qatar (2007)	17.77
114	Canada (2007)	17.76
115	Switzerland (2007)	17.63
116	Bhutan (2004)	17.53
117	Philippines (2008)	17.05
118	Kyrgyzstan (2008)	17.03
119	Indonesia (2004)	16.85
120	Paraguay (2008)	16.66
121	Peru (2008)	16.52
122	India (2008)	16.17
123	South Asia (2008)	16.05
124	Lower middle income (2006)	15.62
125	Gambia (1990)	15.54
126	Azerbaijan (2008)	15.45
127	Mexico (2000)	15.44
128	Singapore (2008)	15.44
129	Mali (2007)	15.25
130	Uganda (2008)	15.16
131	Togo (2008)	15.11
132	Nepal (2005)	15.06
133	Rwanda (1992)	14.97
134	Benin (2008)	14.93
135	Dominican Republic (2007)	14.79
136	Kazakhstan (2008)	14.75
137	Japan (1990)	14.62
138	Senegal (2001)	14.55
139	Tajikistan (2004)	13.75
140	Guinea (1999)	13.46
141	Macau (2008)	13.43
142	Burkina Faso (2008)	12.79
143	East Asia & Pacific (2006)	12.23
144	Cameroon (1999)	12
145	Niger (2007)	11.77
146	Guatemala (2008)	11.73
147	China (2006)	11.37
148	Madagascar (2007)	11.24
149	Bangladesh (2008)	10.86
150	Laos (2007)	10.31
151	Central African Republic (2004)	9.67
152	United Arab Emirates (1999)	9.49
153	Cambodia (2006)	8.59
154	Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001)	8.11
155	Sudan (1999)	7.59
156	Burma (2004)	3.64

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