General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) - National accounts - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators



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General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.
General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) - National accounts - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Angola (1994)40.09
2Eritrea (2007)31.42
3Burundi (2006)28.76
4Zimbabwe (2005)27.19
5Lesotho (2008)26.78
6Djibouti (2007)26.04
7Swaziland (2008)23.63
8Burkina Faso (2006)21.99
9South Africa (2008)20.18
10Mauritania (2007)20.1
11Botswana (2008)19.23
12Cape Verde (2008)18.37
13Namibia (2008)18
14Somalia (1984)16.98
15Libya (2002)16.72
16Sudan (2008)16.43
17Togo (2008)16.29
18Tanzania (2006)16.16
19Gambia (2008)15.8
20Morocco (2008)15.55
21Benin (2005)14.99
22Seychelles (2008)14.83
23Liberia (2007)14.57
24Republic of the Congo (2007)14.09
25Guinea-Bissau (2008)13.86
26Ghana (2008)13.59
27Tunisia (2008)13.55
28Mauritius (2008)12.93
29Sierra Leone (2008)12.72
30Cameroon (2008)12.68
31Sub-Saharan Africa (2008)12.32
32Mozambique (2008)12.28
33Comoros (2008)12.08
34Uganda (2008)11.76
35Niger (2005)11.73
36Ethiopia (2008)11.33
37Africa (2008)11.2
38Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008)11.01
39Malawi (2008)10.93
40Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2008)10.84
41Kenya (2008)10.79
42Egypt (2008)10.77
43Mali (2007)10.74
44Senegal (2008)10
45North Africa (2008)9.46
46Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2008)9.36
47Rwanda (2008)9.13
48Zambia (2008)9.03
49Ivory Coast (2008)8.12
50Gabon (2008)7.85
51Algeria (2008)6.77
52Chad (2008)5.81
53Guinea (2008)4.86
54Madagascar (2008)4.59
55Central African Republic (2008)3.47
56Equatorial Guinea (2008)2.65
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