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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	United States
Dec 31, 2000	44.7%	17.9%
Dec 31, 2001	45.1%	19.5%
Dec 31, 2002	46.1%	20.1%
Dec 31, 2003	46.4%	20.7%
Dec 31, 2004	45.7%	20.4%
Dec 31, 2005	45.7%	20.7%
Dec 31, 2006	45.2%	20.6%
Dec 31, 2007	44.9%	20.9%
Dec 31, 2008	45.2%	22.8%
Dec 31, 2009	48.4%	25.6%
Dec 31, 2010	49.7%	26.1%
Dec 31, 2011	47.9%	25.3%
Dec 31, 2012	48.5%	23.9%
Dec 31, 2013	49.1%	22.9%
Dec 31, 2014	49.1%	22.6%
Dec 31, 2015	48.4%	22.4%
Dec 31, 2016	48.2%	22.4%
Dec 31, 2017	48.5%	22.1%
Dec 31, 2018	47.1%	22.2%
Dec 31, 2019	45.9%	22.5%
Dec 31, 2020	52.0%	31.8%
Dec 31, 2021	50.0%	31.2%
Dec 31, 2022	48.9%	24.6%
Dec 31, 2023	47.3%	24.4%