Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget (%) by country
Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget measures the extent to which aggregate budget expenditure outturn reflects the amount originally approved, as defined in government budget documentation and fiscal reports. The coverage is budgetary central government (BCG) and the time...
Countries reporting
163
Highest
140.4%
Libya
Lowest
37.7%
Nigeria
Median
99.4%
Years covered
21
2004–2024
Data points
2,353
What the numbers show
Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget (%) is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 140.4% in Libya; the lowest is 37.7% in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 99.4%, and the mean is 98.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Lithuania (up 1,358.6%), and the largest decrease in Cameroon (down 56.9%).
Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved b: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 140.4% | 2023 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 2 | Nicaragua | 134.6% | 2021 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 3 | Slovakia | 133.5% | 2022 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 4 | Argentina | 128.2% | 2021 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 127.9% | 2021 | up 91.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 125.7% | 2021 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 7 | Japan | 123.0% | 2022 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 8 | Turkmenistan | 122.2% | 2023 | up 23.8% | flat |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 122.1% | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 10 | Hungary | 122.0% | 2022 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 11 | Ukraine | 118.3% | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 12 | Czechia | 117.4% | 2022 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 13 | South Sudan | 116.0% | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 14 | Lithuania | 115.6% | 2022 | up 1,358.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 114.5% | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 16 | Turkey | 114.1% | 2022 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 17 | Montenegro | 114.1% | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 18 | Burundi | 112.4% | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 19 | Italy | 112.4% | 2022 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 20 | French Polynesia | 111.6% | 2020 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 21 | Micronesia (country) | 111.5% | 2021 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 22 | Slovenia | 111.4% | 2022 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 23 | Guyana | 111.3% | 2022 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 24 | Zambia | 111.2% | 2024 | up 18.4% | flat |
| 25 | Latvia | 109.4% | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 26 | Uzbekistan | 109.1% | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 27 | Malta | 108.6% | 2022 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 28 | Spain | 108.0% | 2022 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 29 | Romania | 107.7% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 30 | Cyprus | 107.6% | 2022 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 31 | Jamaica | 107.5% | 2022 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 32 | Mexico | 107.2% | 2021 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 33 | Malawi | 107.2% | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 34 | Luxembourg | 107.0% | 2021 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 35 | Austria | 107.0% | 2022 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 36 | Ireland | 106.6% | 2022 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 37 | Grenada | 106.5% | 2022 | up 74.4% | falling |
| 38 | Maldives | 106.5% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 39 | Belarus | 106.4% | 2022 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 40 | Belgium | 105.8% | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 41 | Ghana | 105.8% | 2022 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 42 | Namibia | 105.5% | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 43 | Norway | 105.3% | 2022 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 44 | Tajikistan | 105.0% | 2022 | up 22.0% | flat |
| 45 | El Salvador | 104.9% | 2022 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 46 | Azerbaijan | 104.8% | 2024 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 47 | Estonia | 103.9% | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 48 | Germany | 103.8% | 2022 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 49 | Papua New Guinea | 103.6% | 2020 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 50 | France | 103.3% | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 51 | Tunisia | 103.2% | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 52 | Portugal | 103.0% | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 53 | Malaysia | 103.0% | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 54 | South Africa | 102.9% | 2022 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 55 | Togo | 102.6% | 2015 | up 14.9% | flat |
| 56 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 102.3% | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 57 | Netherlands | 101.7% | 2022 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 58 | Serbia | 101.5% | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 59 | Bhutan | 101.2% | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 60 | Belize | 101.1% | 2022 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 61 | Mauritius | 101.0% | 2024 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 62 | Brazil | 100.8% | 2021 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 63 | Kiribati | 100.8% | 2022 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 64 | Indonesia | 100.8% | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 65 | Ecuador | 100.7% | 2022 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 66 | Australia | 100.6% | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 67 | Rwanda | 100.6% | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 68 | Chile | 100.6% | 2022 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 69 | Albania | 100.5% | 2022 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 70 | New Caledonia | 100.5% | 2018 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 71 | Eswatini | 100.1% | 2023 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 72 | Georgia | 100.1% | 2023 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 73 | Laos | 100.0% | 2017 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 74 | Mozambique | 100.0% | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 75 | Honduras | 99.9% | 2021 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 76 | Congo | 99.9% | 2018 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 77 | Algeria | 99.8% | 2019 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 78 | Moldova | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 79 | Morocco | 99.5% | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 80 | Ethiopia | 99.4% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 81 | Oman | 99.4% | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.4% | 2023 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 83 | Uganda | 99.2% | 2022 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 84 | Greenland | 99.2% | 2020 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 85 | Switzerland | 98.8% | 2019 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 86 | India | 98.7% | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 87 | Liberia | 98.6% | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 88 | China | 98.1% | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 89 | Vietnam | 98.1% | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 90 | Myanmar | 98.0% | 2018 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 91 | Marshall Islands | 97.9% | 2019 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 92 | Kazakhstan | 97.8% | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 93 | Uruguay | 97.8% | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 94 | Thailand | 97.6% | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 95 | Cote d'Ivoire | 97.4% | 2016 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 96 | Jordan | 97.3% | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 97 | Benin | 97.3% | 2018 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 98 | Armenia | 97.1% | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 99 | Solomon Islands | 96.7% | 2019 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 100 | Tanzania | 96.7% | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 101 | Saint Lucia | 96.7% | 2022 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 102 | Egypt | 96.7% | 2022 | up 12.3% | flat |
| 103 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 96.5% | 2023 | up 60.4% | flat |
| 104 | Senegal | 96.5% | 2017 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 96.4% | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 106 | Poland | 96.3% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 107 | Burkina Faso | 95.8% | 2016 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 108 | Tonga | 95.6% | 2022 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 109 | Costa Rica | 95.6% | 2021 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 110 | Antigua and Barbuda | 95.5% | 2019 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 111 | Lebanon | 95.3% | 2020 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 112 | Chad | 95.0% | 2017 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 113 | Mongolia | 94.9% | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 114 | Croatia | 94.8% | 2022 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 115 | Cambodia | 94.7% | 2020 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 116 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 94.3% | 2022 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 117 | Fiji | 94.2% | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 94.1% | 2022 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 119 | Philippines | 93.8% | 2018 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 120 | Russia | 93.7% | 2022 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 121 | Palau | 92.7% | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 122 | Sao Tome and Principe | 92.6% | 2022 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 123 | Gabon | 92.2% | 2020 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 124 | Dominica | 92.1% | 2022 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 125 | Sri Lanka | 92.1% | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 126 | Peru | 91.6% | 2022 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 127 | Palestine | 91.2% | 2024 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 91.1% | 2022 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 129 | Pakistan | 91.1% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 130 | Mauritania | 91.1% | 2018 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 131 | Seychelles | 90.8% | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 133 | Paraguay | 89.9% | 2021 | up 25.7% | flat |
| 134 | Kuwait | 89.8% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 135 | Finland | 89.2% | 2022 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 136 | Colombia | 89.0% | 2022 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 137 | Panama | 87.9% | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 138 | Botswana | 87.2% | 2023 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 139 | Kenya | 86.2% | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 140 | Guinea | 85.9% | 2016 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 141 | Bulgaria | 85.9% | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 142 | Samoa | 84.4% | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 143 | Niger | 83.2% | 2021 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 144 | Bangladesh | 83.2% | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 145 | Suriname | 82.7% | 2020 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 146 | Bolivia | 82.6% | 2022 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 147 | Cape Verde | 82.6% | 2016 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 148 | Mali | 79.8% | 2018 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 149 | Comoros | 79.4% | 2022 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 150 | Haiti | 78.9% | 2022 | up 70.3% | falling |
| 151 | Somalia | 78.5% | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 152 | East Timor | 78.4% | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 153 | Iraq | 78.2% | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 154 | Nepal | 77.7% | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 155 | Sudan | 76.4% | 2022 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 156 | Angola | 73.5% | 2023 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 157 | Lesotho | 72.4% | 2022 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 158 | Guinea-Bissau | 69.5% | 2017 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 159 | Guatemala | 66.6% | 2021 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 160 | Gambia | 63.2% | 2021 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 161 | Madagascar | 60.6% | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 162 | Afghanistan | 48.7% | 2021 | down 30.3% | rising |
| 163 | Cameroon | 42.6% | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 164 | Nigeria | 37.7% | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 90.0%
About this data
Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget measures the extent to which aggregate budget expenditure outturn reflects the amount originally approved, as defined in government budget documentation and fiscal reports. The coverage is budgetary central government (BCG) and the time period covered is the last three completed fiscal years.