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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	Spain	United States
Dec 31, 2000	—	17.9%
Dec 31, 2001	—	19.5%
Dec 31, 2002	—	20.1%
Dec 31, 2003	—	20.7%
Dec 31, 2004	28.9%	20.4%
Dec 31, 2005	27.3%	20.7%
Dec 31, 2006	27.2%	20.6%
Dec 31, 2007	27.4%	20.9%
Dec 31, 2008	28.6%	22.8%
Dec 31, 2009	32.4%	25.6%
Dec 31, 2010	31.5%	26.1%
Dec 31, 2011	31.2%	25.3%
Dec 31, 2012	38.0%	23.9%
Dec 31, 2013	35.3%	22.9%
Dec 31, 2014	34.5%	22.6%
Dec 31, 2015	32.7%	22.4%
Dec 31, 2016	32.4%	22.4%
Dec 31, 2017	31.4%	22.1%
Dec 31, 2018	31.7%	22.2%
Dec 31, 2019	32.1%	22.5%
Dec 31, 2020	40.4%	31.8%
Dec 31, 2021	38.4%	31.2%
Dec 31, 2022	35.3%	24.6%
Dec 31, 2023	34.0%	24.4%