Government consumption to GDP: compare countries

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Government consumption to GDP: latest observations by country
Date	China	United States	Germany	Brazil
Dec 31, 2002	16.2%	15.1%	19.5%	19.8%
Dec 31, 2003	15.5%	15.2%	19.6%	19.1%
Dec 31, 2004	14.8%	15.2%	19.1%	18.5%
Dec 31, 2005	15.0%	15.0%	18.9%	18.9%
Dec 31, 2006	15.0%	15.0%	18.5%	19.0%
Dec 31, 2007	14.8%	15.2%	18.0%	18.9%
Dec 31, 2008	14.7%	15.9%	18.4%	18.8%
Dec 31, 2009	15.0%	16.8%	20.0%	19.7%
Dec 31, 2010	14.8%	16.7%	19.6%	19.0%
Dec 31, 2011	15.5%	16.1%	19.1%	18.7%
Dec 31, 2012	15.9%	15.5%	19.3%	18.5%
Dec 31, 2013	15.9%	15.0%	19.6%	18.9%
Dec 31, 2014	15.9%	14.6%	19.6%	19.2%
Dec 31, 2015	16.3%	14.2%	19.6%	19.8%
Dec 31, 2016	16.4%	14.1%	19.8%	20.4%
Dec 31, 2017	16.5%	13.8%	19.7%	20.2%
Dec 31, 2018	16.8%	13.8%	19.8%	19.9%
Dec 31, 2019	17.2%	14.0%	20.3%	20.0%
Dec 31, 2020	17.6%	14.9%	22.3%	20.1%
Dec 31, 2021	16.4%	14.2%	22.2%	18.5%
Dec 31, 2022	16.7%	13.7%	21.8%	18.4%
Dec 31, 2023	17.2%	13.5%	21.5%	19.0%
Dec 31, 2024	16.7%	13.6%	22.0%	18.8%
Dec 31, 2025	—	—	22.5%	19.1%