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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	Brazil	Germany
Dec 31, 2000	—	31.0%
Dec 31, 2001	—	30.4%
Dec 31, 2002	—	30.8%
Dec 31, 2003	—	31.2%
Dec 31, 2004	—	30.0%
Dec 31, 2005	—	30.0%
Dec 31, 2006	—	28.7%
Dec 31, 2007	—	27.5%
Dec 31, 2008	—	27.8%
Dec 31, 2009	—	30.4%
Dec 31, 2010	28.1%	30.8%
Dec 31, 2011	28.7%	28.3%
Dec 31, 2012	28.2%	27.9%
Dec 31, 2013	28.2%	28.0%
Dec 31, 2014	29.3%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2015	33.9%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2016	33.4%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2017	32.4%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2018	32.2%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2019	31.1%	27.9%
Dec 31, 2020	34.9%	32.2%
Dec 31, 2021	29.5%	32.7%
Dec 31, 2022	31.6%	31.2%
Dec 31, 2023	32.4%	—