Government expense to GDP: compare countries

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

To start, we chose Congo - Brazzaville, 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	Congo - Brazzaville	United States	Germany
Dec 31, 2000	—	17.9%	31.0%
Dec 31, 2001	21.5%	19.5%	30.4%
Dec 31, 2002	26.8%	20.1%	30.8%
Dec 31, 2003	19.5%	20.7%	31.2%
Dec 31, 2004	28.7%	20.4%	30.0%
Dec 31, 2005	21.5%	20.7%	30.0%
Dec 31, 2006	17.8%	20.6%	28.7%
Dec 31, 2007	18.5%	20.9%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2008	15.3%	22.8%	27.8%
Dec 31, 2009	13.9%	25.6%	30.4%
Dec 31, 2010	10.8%	26.1%	30.8%
Dec 31, 2011	10.2%	25.3%	28.3%
Dec 31, 2012	11.7%	23.9%	27.9%
Dec 31, 2013	10.9%	22.9%	28.0%
Dec 31, 2014	12.8%	22.6%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2015	14.9%	22.4%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2016	17.2%	22.4%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2017	16.0%	22.1%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2018	16.4%	22.2%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2019	16.2%	22.5%	27.9%
Dec 31, 2020	17.8%	31.8%	32.2%
Dec 31, 2021	16.1%	31.2%	32.7%
Dec 31, 2022	—	24.6%	31.2%
Dec 31, 2023	—	24.4%	—