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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	Netherlands	Germany
Dec 31, 2000	37.4%	31.0%
Dec 31, 2001	38.1%	30.4%
Dec 31, 2002	38.3%	30.8%
Dec 31, 2003	39.2%	31.2%
Dec 31, 2004	38.5%	30.0%
Dec 31, 2005	37.5%	30.0%
Dec 31, 2006	38.3%	28.7%
Dec 31, 2007	37.7%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2008	38.4%	27.8%
Dec 31, 2009	42.2%	30.4%
Dec 31, 2010	42.5%	30.8%
Dec 31, 2011	41.9%	28.3%
Dec 31, 2012	42.1%	27.9%
Dec 31, 2013	42.4%	28.0%
Dec 31, 2014	41.9%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2015	40.6%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2016	39.4%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2017	38.3%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2018	38.0%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2019	37.5%	27.9%
Dec 31, 2020	43.0%	32.2%
Dec 31, 2021	41.8%	32.7%
Dec 31, 2022	39.4%	31.2%
Dec 31, 2023	40.0%	—