Government expense to GDP: compare countries

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Source: World Bank

Government expense to GDP: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Germany	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 2000	—	31.0%	—
Dec 31, 2001	—	30.4%	—
Dec 31, 2002	—	30.8%	9.9%
Dec 31, 2003	27.0%	31.2%	9.3%
Dec 31, 2004	25.8%	30.0%	10.2%
Dec 31, 2005	28.1%	30.0%	10.2%
Dec 31, 2006	26.9%	28.7%	11.3%
Dec 31, 2007	29.2%	27.5%	12.3%
Dec 31, 2008	30.9%	27.8%	10.8%
Dec 31, 2009	34.0%	30.4%	11.2%
Dec 31, 2010	28.7%	30.8%	10.6%
Dec 31, 2011	27.0%	28.3%	11.0%
Dec 31, 2012	29.8%	27.9%	12.9%
Dec 31, 2013	29.3%	28.0%	12.3%
Dec 31, 2014	27.6%	27.5%	12.9%
Dec 31, 2015	29.2%	27.4%	13.2%
Dec 31, 2016	28.8%	27.4%	14.7%
Dec 31, 2017	—	27.5%	18.5%
Dec 31, 2018	—	27.4%	17.4%
Dec 31, 2019	—	27.9%	18.2%
Dec 31, 2020	—	32.2%	18.0%
Dec 31, 2021	—	32.7%	19.9%
Dec 31, 2022	—	31.2%	22.8%
Dec 31, 2023	—	—	19.6%