Expense (% of GDP) - GFS - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African 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. Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.
Expense (% of GDP) - GFS - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Lesotho (2007)45.35
2Seychelles (2007)41.19
3Zimbabwe (1997)33.63
4South Africa (2007)30.02
5Ghana (2007)29.36
6Egypt (2007)29.34
7Botswana (1996)29.25
8Morocco (2007)29.16
9Tunisia (2008)28.63
10Namibia (2003)28.22
11Cape Verde (2006)27.21
12Africa (2007)27.16
13North Africa (2007)26.7
14Swaziland (2003)25.94
15Republic of the Congo (2005)24.79
16Sierra Leone (2004)23.74
17Zambia (2007)22.94
18Mauritius (2007)21.31
19Ethiopia (2002)20.67
20Burundi (1999)20.65
21Ivory Coast (2007)20.55
22Kenya (2007)19.69
23Algeria (2007)18.74
24Togo (2007)17.5
25Uganda (2006)16.45
26Gambia (1990)15.54
27Mali (2007)15.25
28Rwanda (1992)14.97
29Senegal (2001)14.55
30Benin (2006)13.87
31Guinea (1999)13.46
32Burkina Faso (2006)12.84
33Cameroon (1999)12
34Niger (2007)11.77
35Madagascar (2007)11.23
36Central African Republic (2004)9.67
37Sudan (1999)7.59
38Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001)0
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