World Development Indicators

Central government expenditure
Goods and services		Compensation of employees		Interest payments		Subsidies and other transfers		Other expense

% of expense		% of expense		% of expense		% of expense		% of expense
2010	2016	2010	2016	2010	2016	2010	2016	2010	2016

Afghanistan	75	61	23	34	0	0	2	5	0	1
Albania	9	9	27	23	14	10	45	52	5	5
Algeria	12	..	38	..	1	..	45	..	4	..
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	26	22	36	48	6	12	30	16	1	2
Antigua and Barbuda	19	17	40	43	11	12	30	27	0	0
Argentina	..	4	..	12	..	11	..	64	..	9
Armenia	13	10	24	21	4	8	39	46	20	15
Aruba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	10	10	10	11	2	4	69	67	8	8
Austria	7	6	11	11	6	5	71	74	6	5
Azerbaijan	10	12	18	14	0	2	35	42	36	30
Bahamas, The	19	16	42	33	13	14	21	33	5	4
Bahrain	18	14	44	46	5	7	32	33	1	0
Bangladesh	13	14	21	25	20	20	36	34	9	7
Barbados	14	13	28	24	16	20	40	41	2	2
Belarus	10	11	12	12	2	6	69	70	7	1
Belgium	2	2	6	6	7	6	81	83	3	3
Belize	24	23	40	41	15	11	21	26	0	0
Benin	16	18	51	51	4	3	27	25	2	2
Bermuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	37	23	38	41	11	9	4	6	10	21
Bolivia	14	..	22	..	10	..	47	..	7	..
Bosnia and Herzegovina	24	18	28	27	1	2	42	47	5	5
Botswana	28	27	41	44	2	2	..	..	..	..
Brazil	4	3	14	11	24	28	56	55	2	2
Brunei Darussalam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bulgaria	11	9	20	18	2	3	46	47	4	5
Burkina Faso	17	11	46	50	4	6	12	13	21	20
Burundi	19	19	47	45	5	5	28	31	1	0
Cabo Verde	17	..	47	..	6	..	27	..	3	..
Cambodia	31	23	36	46	2	3	24	21	7	8
Cameroon	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Canada	7	7	11	11	9	6	67	71	5	5
Cayman Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	55	..	23	..	5	..	17	..	0	..
Chad	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	10	9	20	21	2	3	45	44	22	22
China	..	..	..	..	3	3	..	..	..	..
Hong Kong SAR, China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Macao SAR, China	15	16	28	31	..	..	22	32	36	21
Colombia	11	10	18	13	11	8	42	58	18	11
Comoros	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Congo, Dem. Rep.	19	..	43	..	3	..	34	..	1	..
Congo, Rep.	39	..	26	..	7	..	16	..	12	..
Costa Rica	10	10	48	45	8	10	21	21	12	11
Cote d'Ivoire	20	17	44	33	11	9	11	35	15	5
Croatia	8	7	26	24	5	8	55	56	6	5
Cuba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	10	9	35	32	5	7	34	40	3	4
Czech Republic	10	9	12	12	4	3	59	62	12	11
Denmark	8	8	11	11	4	3	16	15	4	4
Djibouti	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominica	31	31	40	42	7	7	22	20	0	0
Dominican Republic	19	17	37	37	13	17	26	17	5	12
Ecuador	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Egypt, Arab Rep.	8	4	25	27	18	24	42	37	8	7
El Salvador	17	16	38	44	11	11	22	22	12	8
Equatorial Guinea	41	50	17	18	4	4	37	27	0	0
Eritrea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Estonia	10	10	18	18	0	0	62	62	9	10
Ethiopia	21	17	14	9	3	4	60	60	0	10
Faroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	14	12	39	31	16	11	25	42	7	3
Finland	8	8	9	8	3	3	50	53	5	4
France	6	6	19	19	5	4	50	55	3	3
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gambia, The	41	..	29	..	18	..	12	..	..	..
Georgia	16	13	18	17	4	5	51	51	11	15
Germany	4	5	6	6	5	3	78	82	8	4
Ghana	15	..	36	..	15	..	34	..	..	..
Greece	10	8	22	23	11	7	41	47	5	7
Greenland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	22	15	49	49	11	18	18	18	0	0
Guam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	15	12	30	34	11	13	32	33	12	8
Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guinea-Bissau	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guyana	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Haiti	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Honduras	14	18	56	46	4	8	7	2	20	26
Hungary	10	12	12	19	9	7	59	47	10	15
Iceland	20	19	22	23	13	10	26	25	18	23
India	9	9	9	8	18	19	63	63	1	1
Indonesia	10	13	15	16	9	10	63	51	2	10
Iran, Islamic Rep.	11	..	40	..	1	..	34	..	14	..
Iraq	..	8	..	58	..	3	..	30	..	1
Ireland	7	11	16	26	5	9	28	42	1	3
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	19	20	22	23	11	8	37	39	11	10
Italy	3	3	15	14	10	9	46	50	3	3
Jamaica	6	12	38	39	39	30	5	8	..	..
Japan	5	6	6	6	10	9	68	69	12	10
Jordan	12	9	46	43	7	10	32	36	3	3
Kazakhstan	22	20	7	6	2	6	67	66	2	2
Kenya	..	21	..	30	..	13	..	35	..	1
Kiribati	38	39	46	35	1	0	9	21	5	5
Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Rep.	11	15	10	11	6	5	58	62	15	8
Kosovo	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kuwait	15	17	27	33	0	..	28	17	19	19
Kyrgyz Republic	24	14	32	41	4	4	40	40	1	1
Lao PDR	29	25	41	51	6	8	12	8	11	7
Latvia	11	11	14	18	4	4	52	54	18	14
Lebanon	4	3	21	22	39	36	34	36	2	3
Lesotho	25	26	44	47	1	2	20	20	10	5
Liberia	26	..	34	41	5	..	25	22	..	..
Libya	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	9	8	14	16	5	5	66	63	6	8
Luxembourg	7	7	18	18	1	1	55	53	3	4
Macedonia, FYR	11	8	17	16	2	4	65	69	4	2
Madagascar	14	..	46	..	10	..	14	..	16	..
Malawi	33	21	23	32	11	18	32	28	1	1
Malaysia	16	14	31	35	10	13	42	38	1	0
Maldives	55	20	30	41	8	7	8	28	..	4
Mali	32	29	34	39	3	4	16	23	15	4
Malta	14	16	31	31	8	6	37	33	11	5
Marshall Islands	29	28	45	37	1	1	13	17	13	16
Mauritania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritius	12	11	35	35	11	10	31	35	10	9
Mexico	7	7	12	12	11	11	61	64	8	6
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	45	50	36	28	1	1	6	3	11	19
Moldova	20	19	14	12	2	4	59	63	5	2
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	20	14	29	16	2	15	42	55	7	0
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Morocco	9	..	41	..	4	..	32	..	15	..
Mozambique	29	..	43	..	4	..	19	..	6	..
Myanmar	39	40	16	21	13	8	15	22	17	8
Namibia	17	14	46	48	4	8	32	30	0	0
Nepal	10	12	28	24	5	2	56	62	1	0
Netherlands	6	5	7	8	4	3	79	79	5	5
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	12	12	26	26	4	4	47	47	12	12
Nicaragua	13	18	38	36	7	6	37	32	5	8
Niger	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nigeria	30	13	42	42	13	20	16	25	0	0
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	9	9	16	16	2	1	66	66	7	8
Oman	56	55	34	24	1	1	9	21	0	0
Pakistan	22	..	4	..	31	..	25	..	17	..
Palau	21	21	36	33	1	0	10	13	33	33
Panama	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Papua New Guinea	..	21	..	20	..	10	..	48	..	1
Paraguay	13	12	55	51	2	4	22	29	8	4
Peru	21	22	18	20	7	5	47	44	8	9
Philippines	14	21	36	36	23	15	23	27	3	1
Poland	7	7	14	14	6	5	44	45	4	4
Portugal	9	9	25	22	7	10	60	63	8	5
Puerto Rico	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Qatar	28	..	28	..	7	..	16	..	22	..
Romania	9	10	18	15	4	5	39	61	4	9
Russian Federation	13	7	16	13	2	3	61	71	9	6
Rwanda	..	31	..	22	..	5	..	37	..	6
Samoa	23	24	26	32	3	4	44	39	4	1
San Marino	24	22	34	29	1	1	57	63	8	6
Sao Tome and Principe	25	..	44	..	2	..	18	..	11	..
Saudi Arabia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Senegal	30	15	39	26	6	9	..	40	..	10
Serbia	13	..	25	..	3	..	58	..	1	..
Seychelles	40	32	26	32	19	10	16	26	9	8
Sierra Leone	38	24	39	54	11	8	11	13	0	1
Singapore	36	33	30	27	0	0	0	24	..	17
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	9	9	14	14	3	4	50	48	6	7
Slovenia	11	11	20	18	4	7	47	43	4	5
Solomon Islands	52	48	35	35	1	0	6	7	5	10
Somalia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Africa	13	12	15	14	8	10	62	60	3	4
South Sudan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Spain	4	3	11	10	9	13	70	66	7	8
Sri Lanka	8	8	28	29	33	30	20	32	11	0
St. Kitts and Nevis	14	14	47	48	11	9	28	29	0	0
St. Lucia	21	19	47	44	13	17	20	21	0	0
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	14	14	47	48	11	9	28	29	0	0
Sudan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Suriname	26	..	43	..	4	..	21	..	6	..
Swaziland	21	..	55	..	3	..	21	..	0	..
Sweden	6	5	9	9	3	1	71	73	12	11
Switzerland	6	7	7	7	3	1	75	75	9	10
Syrian Arab Republic	7	..	62	..	6	..	24	..	0	..
Tajikistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tanzania	..	27	..	25	..	7	..	40	..	2
Thailand	32	26	40	29	7	4	18	32	3	9
Timor-Leste	49	20	15	8	0	0	15	68	21	4
Togo	26	38	36	31	7	11	26	18	4	2
Tonga	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Trinidad and Tobago	18	22	24	25	8	5	42	45	8	4
Tunisia	6	..	35	..	7	..	41	..	12	..
Turkey	12	11	22	23	11	6	48	53	7	7
Turkmenistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turks and Caicos Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	..	34	..	21	..	15	..	28	..	2
Ukraine	11	12	12	14	4	12	69	61	4	1
United Arab Emirates	31	39	30	35	..	..	21	21	18	5
United Kingdom	13	14	14	16	7	6	58	57	9	7
United States	10	7	10	10	10	11	63	66	8	6
Uruguay	13	10	23	33	8	7	46	56	10	8
Uzbekistan	..	9	..	8	0	0	..	58	..	25
Vanuatu	31	28	52	42	2	4	13	22	2	4
Venezuela, RB	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vietnam	..	..	..	..	6	7	..	..	..	..
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	15	18	56	55	1	2	17	23	11	2
Yemen, Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Zambia	24	29	43	39	10	22	15	10	8	0
Zimbabwe	15	..	49	..	2	..	6	..	0	..
World	13	11	23	21	5	6	41	47	6	6
East Asia & Pacific	16	20	29	21	6	8	42	47	8	8
Europe & Central Asia	10	9	14	15	4	5	58	58	6	5
Latin America & Caribbean	13	10	30	33	8	11	37	44	9	8
Middle East & North Africa	13	..	34	..	7	..	32	..	8	..
North America	9	7	11	10	9	9	65	68	6	5
South Asia	12	12	22	25	19	20	31	34	5	0
Sub-Saharan Africa	24	..	40	..	5	..	21	..	2	..
Low income	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lower middle income	16	19	36	29	7	10	25	35	9	5
Upper middle income	12	11	24	23	7	8	42	47	5	5
High income	10	9	14	14	5	5	52	57	7	7

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