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Government expense to GDP: compare countries

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Government expense to GDP by country

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Government expense to GDP: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 2002	—	9.9%
Dec 31, 2003	27.0%	9.3%
Dec 31, 2004	25.8%	10.2%
Dec 31, 2005	28.1%	10.2%
Dec 31, 2006	26.9%	11.3%
Dec 31, 2007	29.2%	12.3%
Dec 31, 2008	30.9%	10.8%
Dec 31, 2009	34.0%	11.2%
Dec 31, 2010	28.7%	10.6%
Dec 31, 2011	27.0%	11.0%
Dec 31, 2012	29.8%	12.9%
Dec 31, 2013	29.3%	12.3%
Dec 31, 2014	27.6%	12.9%
Dec 31, 2015	29.2%	13.2%
Dec 31, 2016	28.8%	14.7%
Dec 31, 2017	—	18.5%
Dec 31, 2018	—	17.4%
Dec 31, 2019	—	18.2%
Dec 31, 2020	—	18.0%
Dec 31, 2021	—	19.9%
Dec 31, 2022	—	22.8%
Dec 31, 2023	—	19.6%