Government expense to GDP: compare countries

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

To start, we chose Egypt, 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	Egypt	United States	Germany
Dec 31, 2000	—	17.9%	31.0%
Dec 31, 2001	—	19.5%	30.4%
Dec 31, 2002	27.2%	20.1%	30.8%
Dec 31, 2003	27.3%	20.7%	31.2%
Dec 31, 2004	26.9%	20.4%	30.0%
Dec 31, 2005	27.4%	20.7%	30.0%
Dec 31, 2006	32.8%	20.6%	28.7%
Dec 31, 2007	29.3%	20.9%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2008	30.3%	22.8%	27.8%
Dec 31, 2009	30.1%	25.6%	30.4%
Dec 31, 2010	28.9%	26.1%	30.8%
Dec 31, 2011	29.2%	25.3%	28.3%
Dec 31, 2012	28.7%	23.9%	27.9%
Dec 31, 2013	32.2%	22.9%	28.0%
Dec 31, 2014	32.9%	22.6%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2015	30.2%	22.4%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2016	—	22.4%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2017	—	22.1%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2018	—	22.2%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2019	—	22.5%	27.9%
Dec 31, 2020	—	31.8%	32.2%
Dec 31, 2021	—	31.2%	32.7%
Dec 31, 2022	—	24.6%	31.2%
Dec 31, 2023	—	24.4%	—