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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	France	Germany
Dec 31, 2000	44.7%	31.0%
Dec 31, 2001	45.1%	30.4%
Dec 31, 2002	46.1%	30.8%
Dec 31, 2003	46.4%	31.2%
Dec 31, 2004	45.7%	30.0%
Dec 31, 2005	45.7%	30.0%
Dec 31, 2006	45.2%	28.7%
Dec 31, 2007	44.9%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2008	45.2%	27.8%
Dec 31, 2009	48.4%	30.4%
Dec 31, 2010	49.7%	30.8%
Dec 31, 2011	47.9%	28.3%
Dec 31, 2012	48.5%	27.9%
Dec 31, 2013	49.1%	28.0%
Dec 31, 2014	49.1%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2015	48.4%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2016	48.2%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2017	48.5%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2018	47.1%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2019	45.9%	27.9%
Dec 31, 2020	52.0%	32.2%
Dec 31, 2021	50.0%	32.7%
Dec 31, 2022	48.9%	31.2%
Dec 31, 2023	47.3%	—