Government expense to GDP: compare countries

See Government expense to GDP for up to four countries side by side.

To start, we chose Australia, United States, Germany. Add or remove countries to compare the ones you want.

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Government expense to GDP: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	United States	Germany
Dec 31, 2000	24.0%	17.9%	31.0%
Dec 31, 2001	26.1%	19.5%	30.4%
Dec 31, 2002	26.3%	20.1%	30.8%
Dec 31, 2003	25.7%	20.7%	31.2%
Dec 31, 2004	25.6%	20.4%	30.0%
Dec 31, 2005	25.5%	20.7%	30.0%
Dec 31, 2006	24.9%	20.6%	28.7%
Dec 31, 2007	24.4%	20.9%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2008	24.3%	22.8%	27.8%
Dec 31, 2009	26.4%	25.6%	30.4%
Dec 31, 2010	26.6%	26.1%	30.8%
Dec 31, 2011	25.9%	25.3%	28.3%
Dec 31, 2012	26.0%	23.9%	27.9%
Dec 31, 2013	25.8%	22.9%	28.0%
Dec 31, 2014	26.1%	22.6%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2015	26.7%	22.4%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2016	26.9%	22.4%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2017	26.5%	22.1%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2018	26.1%	22.2%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2019	26.1%	22.5%	27.9%
Dec 31, 2020	30.1%	31.8%	32.2%
Dec 31, 2021	32.6%	31.2%	32.7%
Dec 31, 2022	27.6%	24.6%	31.2%
Dec 31, 2023	—	24.4%	—