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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	United States	Japan
Dec 31, 2000	17.9%	16.9%
Dec 31, 2001	19.5%	16.0%
Dec 31, 2002	20.1%	15.9%
Dec 31, 2003	20.7%	15.5%
Dec 31, 2004	20.4%	14.9%
Dec 31, 2005	20.7%	14.9%
Dec 31, 2006	20.6%	14.7%
Dec 31, 2007	20.9%	13.9%
Dec 31, 2008	22.8%	15.1%
Dec 31, 2009	25.6%	18.1%
Dec 31, 2010	26.1%	17.1%
Dec 31, 2011	25.3%	18.5%
Dec 31, 2012	23.9%	17.9%
Dec 31, 2013	22.9%	17.9%
Dec 31, 2014	22.6%	17.3%
Dec 31, 2015	22.4%	16.6%
Dec 31, 2016	22.4%	16.4%
Dec 31, 2017	22.1%	15.9%
Dec 31, 2018	22.2%	15.7%
Dec 31, 2019	22.5%	16.0%
Dec 31, 2020	31.8%	23.0%
Dec 31, 2021	31.2%	20.8%
Dec 31, 2022	24.6%	20.1%
Dec 31, 2023	24.4%	—