General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) - Shares of GDP & other - National accounts - Economic Policy & Debt - World 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.

Rank	Country	Value
General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) - Shares of GDP & other - National accounts - Economic Policy & Debt - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Lesotho	26.78
2	Denmark	26.51
3	Sweden	26.43
4	Guyana	25.60
5	Jordan	25.40
6	Netherlands	25.06
7	Israel	24.84
8	Iceland	24.58
9	France	23.16
10	Belgium	23.14
11	Finland	22.11
12	United Kingdom	21.87
13	Tonga	21.73
14	Swaziland	21.30
15	Serbia	21.30
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina	21.17
17	Portugal	20.69
18	Moldova	20.56
19	Bhutan	20.50
20	Saudi Arabia	20.47
21	Czech Republic	20.42
22	Euro area	20.42
23	Ghana	20.38
24	South Africa	20.35
25	Italy	20.23
26	Namibia	20.22
27	Brazil	20.22
28	Latvia	19.99
29	Cape Verde	19.95
30	Botswana	19.94
31	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.47
32	Poland	19.43
33	Estonia	19.40
34	Liberia	19.25
35	Norway	19.24
36	Spain	19.11
37	St. Kitts and Nevis	19.05
38	Macedonia	19
39	St. Lucia	18.91
40	Cyprus	18.70
41	Croatia	18.56
42	Kosovo	18.45
43	Dominica	18.36
44	Austria	18.25
45	Lithuania	18.23
46	Germany	18.13
47	Uzbekistan	17.76
48	Australia	17.72
49	Antigua and Barbuda	17.69
50	Slovakia	17.39
51	Sub-Saharan Africa	17.20
52	Morocco	17.18
53	Kenya	17.17
54	Ukraine	16.96
55	Russia	16.89
56	Greece	16.83
57	Belarus	16.71
58	Montenegro	16.48
59	Sudan	16.43
60	Bulgaria	16.27
61	Colombia	16.27
62	Fiji	16.22
63	Sri Lanka	16.18
64	Europe & Central Asia	16.17
65	Honduras	16.02
66	Luxembourg	15.97
67	Belize	15.84
68	Gambia	15.77
69	Grenada	15.63
70	Romania	15.50
71	Upper middle income	15.28
72	North Korea	15.27
73	South Korea	15.27
74	Mongolia	14.96
75	Seychelles	14.83
76	High income: nonOECD	14.58
77	Tunisia	14.56
78	Latin America & Caribbean	14.54
79	Lebanon	14.31
80	Georgia	14.28
81	Middle income	14.09
82	Low & middle income	13.93
83	Guinea-Bissau	13.86
84	Costa Rica	13.77
85	China	13.54
86	Bahrain	13.47
87	Argentina	13.44
88	Bolivia	13.28
89	Algeria	13.24
90	Republic of the Congo	13.21
91	Mauritius	13.17
92	Malawi	13.05
93	Turkey	12.83
94	East Asia & Pacific	12.64
95	Lower middle income	12.61
96	Kuwait	12.58
97	Sierra Leone	12.49
98	Pakistan	12.43
99	Thailand	12.43
100	Chad	12.30
101	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	12.15
102	Mozambique	12.11
103	Comoros	12.08
104	Chile	11.97
105	Uganda	11.76
106	Syria	11.72
107	Uruguay	11.66
108	India	11.58
109	Armenia	11.56
110	Venezuela	11.48
111	South Asia	11.25
112	Democratic Republic of the Congo	10.97
113	Trinidad and Tobago	10.96
114	Egypt	10.92
115	Panama	10.90
116	Ecuador	10.88
117	Paraguay	10.75
118	Singapore	10.69
119	Azerbaijan	10.61
120	Mexico	10.31
121	Rwanda	10.17
122	Papua New Guinea	10
123	Senegal	10
124	Afghanistan	10
125	Nepal	9.96
126	Kazakhstan	9.94
127	Ethiopia	9.79
128	Philippines	9.65
129	Low income	9.50
130	Hungary	9.48
131	Albania	9.45
132	Libya	9.30
133	Guatemala	9.25
134	Guinea	9.23
135	El Salvador	9.16
136	Zambia	9.03
137	Peru	8.94
138	Kyrgyzstan	8.93
139	Ivory Coast	8.59
140	Indonesia	8.41
141	Hong Kong	8.32
142	Turkmenistan	8.29
143	Laos	8.29
144	Gabon	8.19
145	Tajikistan	7.78
146	Dominican Republic	7.64
147	Macau	7.08
148	Central African Republic	6.60
149	Vietnam	6.15
150	Bangladesh	5.28
151	Madagascar	4.58
152	Equatorial Guinea	2.65

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