General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) by country
Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. General government FCE includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of...
Countries reporting
185
Highest
60.6%
East Timor
Lowest
0.0%
Venezuela
Median
16.5%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
11,057
What the numbers show
General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 60.6% in East Timor; the lowest is 0.0% in Venezuela.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.5%, and the mean is 17.6%.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 189.9%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 81.4%).
General government final consumption expenditure: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Timor | 60.6% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 2 | Kiribati | 59.0% | 2024 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | 54.5% | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 4 | Greenland | 41.7% | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 5 | Ukraine | 38.9% | 2025 | up 105.8% | rising |
| 6 | Palau | 38.3% | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 7 | Lesotho | 36.4% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 8 | United States Virgin Islands | 34.4% | 2022 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 9 | Equatorial Guinea | 32.4% | 2025 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 10 | Libya | 32.3% | 2025 | down 36.5% | rising |
| 11 | French Polynesia | 32.0% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 12 | Botswana | 31.5% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 13 | Faroe Islands | 27.9% | 2024 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 14 | Guyana | 26.9% | 2005 | up 79.4% | rising |
| 15 | Eritrea | 26.6% | 2011 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 16 | Sweden | 26.4% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 17 | Solomon Islands | 26.2% | 2024 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 18 | Finland | 26.1% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 19 | Iceland | 26.1% | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 20 | Netherlands | 25.9% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 21 | Kuwait | 25.8% | 2024 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 22 | Seychelles | 25.1% | 2025 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 23 | Israel | 25.0% | 2025 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 24 | Cuba | 24.8% | 2024 | down 23.4% | flat |
| 25 | France | 24.4% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 26 | Croatia | 24.3% | 2025 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 27 | Belgium | 24.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 28 | Brunei | 23.8% | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 29 | Afghanistan | 23.6% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 30 | Tonga | 23.5% | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 31 | New Caledonia | 23.5% | 2017 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 32 | Denmark | 23.2% | 2025 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 33 | Australia | 23.1% | 2025 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 34 | Latvia | 22.9% | 2025 | up 26.0% | flat |
| 35 | Cape Verde | 22.9% | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 36 | Norway | 22.6% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 37 | Germany | 22.5% | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 38 | Namibia | 22.3% | 2025 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 39 | Iraq | 22.2% | 2024 | up 23.2% | falling |
| 40 | Austria | 21.9% | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 41 | Canada | 21.9% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 42 | Eswatini | 21.5% | 2024 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 43 | Estonia | 21.5% | 2025 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 44 | Vanuatu | 21.4% | 2024 | up 75.4% | falling |
| 45 | Slovakia | 21.4% | 2025 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 46 | Poland | 21.3% | 2025 | up 19.0% | flat |
| 47 | Slovenia | 21.2% | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 48 | United Kingdom | 21.2% | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 49 | New Zealand | 21.1% | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 20.8% | 2025 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 51 | Hungary | 20.8% | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 52 | Burundi | 20.6% | 2025 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 53 | Saudi Arabia | 20.6% | 2025 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 54 | Jordan | 20.6% | 2007 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.3% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 56 | Japan | 20.1% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 57 | Czechia | 20.0% | 2025 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 58 | Bhutan | 20.0% | 2024 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 59 | Tunisia | 19.9% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 60 | Luxembourg | 19.8% | 2025 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 61 | Lithuania | 19.3% | 2025 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 62 | Spain | 19.2% | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 63 | Mozambique | 19.2% | 2025 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 64 | Brazil | 19.1% | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 65 | Russia | 19.1% | 2025 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 66 | Fiji | 18.9% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 67 | Belarus | 18.9% | 2025 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 68 | South Africa | 18.9% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 69 | Oman | 18.7% | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 70 | Samoa | 18.6% | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 71 | Cyprus | 18.5% | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 72 | Serbia | 18.5% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 73 | Moldova | 18.5% | 2025 | up 34.8% | falling |
| 74 | Algeria | 18.3% | 2025 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 75 | Italy | 18.3% | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 76 | Malawi | 18.2% | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 77 | Greece | 18.2% | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 78 | Morocco | 18.0% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 79 | Aruba | 17.9% | 2024 | down 27.8% | flat |
| 80 | Sudan | 17.9% | 2025 | up 189.9% | falling |
| 81 | Burkina Faso | 17.8% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 82 | South Korea | 17.6% | 2025 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 83 | Uruguay | 17.6% | 2025 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 84 | Malta | 17.5% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 85 | Maldives | 17.5% | 2024 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 86 | Montenegro | 17.4% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 87 | Romania | 17.3% | 2025 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 88 | Palestine | 17.0% | 2025 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 89 | Portugal | 17.0% | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 90 | Guinea | 16.7% | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 91 | China | 16.7% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 92 | Thailand | 16.7% | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 93 | Bolivia | 16.5% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 94 | El Salvador | 16.4% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 16.4% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 96 | Mauritania | 16.0% | 2025 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 15.9% | 2025 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 98 | Belize | 15.9% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 99 | Uzbekistan | 15.9% | 2025 | up 32.2% | falling |
| 100 | Angola | 15.8% | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 15.5% | 2025 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 102 | Colombia | 15.5% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 103 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.5% | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 104 | Senegal | 15.4% | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 105 | Papua New Guinea | 15.3% | 2004 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 106 | Honduras | 15.2% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 107 | Philippines | 15.1% | 2025 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 108 | Rwanda | 15.1% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 109 | Chile | 15.1% | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 110 | Djibouti | 15.0% | 2025 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 111 | Argentina | 14.9% | 2025 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 112 | Congo | 14.9% | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 113 | Mongolia | 14.6% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 114 | Madagascar | 14.6% | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 115 | Curacao | 14.5% | 2018 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 116 | Mauritius | 14.2% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 117 | San Marino | 14.1% | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 118 | Bahrain | 14.1% | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 14.0% | 2025 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 120 | Laos | 14.0% | 2016 | up 84.5% | rising |
| 121 | Turkey | 13.9% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 122 | Georgia | 13.8% | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 123 | United States | 13.6% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 125 | Togo | 13.3% | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 126 | Suriname | 13.3% | 2010 | — | rising |
| 127 | Iran | 13.3% | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 128 | Peru | 13.1% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 129 | Mali | 13.1% | 2025 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 130 | Bahamas | 12.9% | 2024 | up 15.9% | flat |
| 131 | Qatar | 12.9% | 2022 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 132 | Albania | 12.8% | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 133 | Ecuador | 12.8% | 2025 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 134 | Zambia | 12.7% | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 135 | Hong Kong | 12.6% | 2025 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 136 | Panama | 12.4% | 2024 | up 29.0% | falling |
| 137 | Malaysia | 12.4% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 138 | Turkmenistan | 12.4% | 2024 | up 87.6% | falling |
| 139 | Niger | 12.2% | 2025 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 140 | United Arab Emirates | 12.2% | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 141 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.2% | 2025 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 142 | Macao | 12.2% | 2025 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 143 | Zimbabwe | 12.2% | 2024 | down 37.9% | flat |
| 144 | Switzerland | 12.0% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 145 | Mexico | 11.8% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 146 | Uganda | 11.7% | 2025 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 147 | Dominican Republic | 11.7% | 2025 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 148 | Guatemala | 11.5% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 149 | Nicaragua | 11.4% | 2025 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Tajikistan | 11.3% | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 151 | Ireland | 11.2% | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 152 | Kenya | 11.2% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 153 | Gabon | 11.2% | 2025 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 154 | Cameroon | 11.1% | 2025 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 155 | Paraguay | 10.9% | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 156 | Kazakhstan | 10.8% | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 157 | India | 10.8% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 158 | Bermuda | 10.7% | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 159 | Central African Republic | 10.3% | 2025 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 160 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10.3% | 2025 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 161 | Singapore | 10.3% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 162 | Gambia | 10.2% | 2025 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Armenia | 10.2% | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 164 | Chad | 9.9% | 2025 | up 41.4% | falling |
| 165 | Tanzania | 9.8% | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 166 | Vietnam | 9.4% | 2025 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 167 | Pakistan | 9.3% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 168 | Comoros | 9.0% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 169 | Yemen | 9.0% | 2018 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 170 | Benin | 8.9% | 2025 | down 22.3% | flat |
| 171 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.7% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 172 | Nepal | 8.4% | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 173 | Somalia | 8.1% | 2025 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Puerto Rico | 7.7% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 175 | Indonesia | 7.5% | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 176 | Sri Lanka | 6.7% | 2025 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 177 | Sierra Leone | 5.9% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 178 | Ethiopia | 5.8% | 2025 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 179 | Bangladesh | 5.8% | 2025 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 180 | Cambodia | 5.7% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 181 | Haiti | 5.5% | 2025 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 182 | Egypt | 5.4% | 2025 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 183 | Lebanon | 4.9% | 2024 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 184 | Ghana | 4.8% | 2024 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 185 | Syria | 2.7% | 2022 | down 81.4% | falling |
| 186 | Venezuela | 0.0% | 2011 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 13.4%
- Pacific island small states 23.0%
- European Union 21.6%
- Euro area 21.6%
- Other small states 20.7%
- Europe & Central Asia 20.6%
- Small states 20.5%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 20.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 18.2%
- Post-demographic dividend 17.5%
- High income 17.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 17.4%
About this data
Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. General government FCE includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees), and most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. 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.