Government expense to GDP: compare countries

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

To start, we chose Papua New Guinea, 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	Papua New Guinea	United States	Germany
Dec 31, 2000	30.0%	17.9%	31.0%
Dec 31, 2001	26.9%	19.5%	30.4%
Dec 31, 2002	22.1%	20.1%	30.8%
Dec 31, 2003	—	20.7%	31.2%
Dec 31, 2004	—	20.4%	30.0%
Dec 31, 2005	—	20.7%	30.0%
Dec 31, 2006	—	20.6%	28.7%
Dec 31, 2007	—	20.9%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2008	—	22.8%	27.8%
Dec 31, 2009	—	25.6%	30.4%
Dec 31, 2010	—	26.1%	30.8%
Dec 31, 2011	—	25.3%	28.3%
Dec 31, 2012	—	23.9%	27.9%
Dec 31, 2013	—	22.9%	28.0%
Dec 31, 2014	21.8%	22.6%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2015	20.2%	22.4%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2016	18.4%	22.4%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2017	16.6%	22.1%	27.5%
Dec 31, 2018	18.3%	22.2%	27.4%
Dec 31, 2019	19.1%	22.5%	27.9%
Dec 31, 2020	20.9%	31.8%	32.2%
Dec 31, 2021	19.8%	31.2%	32.7%
Dec 31, 2022	19.4%	24.6%	31.2%
Dec 31, 2023	20.3%	24.4%	—