Austria vs France: Expense

Austria

46.0%

in 2023

France

47.3%

in 2023

Austria rank

10th

France rank

9th

Expense over time

Austria
France

How they compare

France currently reports 47.3% against 46.0% in Austria, a difference of 1.2%.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1972 it was France ahead.

Globally, Austria ranks 10th and France ranks 9th of 157 countries.

Individual pages

Expense in Austria
Expense in France
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Expense (% of GDP)
Unit: % of GDP
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 183 places, 5,211 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.