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
2000	2014	2000	2014	2000	2014	2000	2014	2000	2014

Afghanistan	..	67	..	29	..	0	..	3	..	1
Albania	15	7	31	25	16	12	36	48	3	8
Algeria	6	9	34	40	19	1	41	45	27	5
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	52	34	24	33	1	4	19	27	4	3
Antigua and Barbuda	20	17	45	43	24	12	11	27	..	..
Argentina	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Armenia	..	17	..	22	..	5	..	41	..	15
Aruba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	11	10	11	11	7	3	66	68	6	8
Austria	4	6	11	10	8	5	72	71	5	8
Azerbaijan	28	13	12	15	2	1	59	39	2	32
Bahamas, The	20	19	43	39	11	13	25	24	1	4
Bahrain	8	14	58	46	7	7	8	33	..	0
Bangladesh	14	13	27	19	18	21	26	37	14	9
Barbados	12	13	45	27	16	18	25	40	2	2
Belarus	14	13	11	12	3	3	68	71	4	2
Belgium	2	2	7	6	14	6	73	82	3	4
Belize	20	23	51	41	14	11	15	26	5	..
Benin	33	18	38	51	6	3	2	25	21	2
Bermuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	46	32	42	38	2	10	7	5	2	16
Bolivia	16	..	28	..	8	..	45	..	2	..
Bosnia and Herzegovina	..	17	..	26	..	2	..	50	..	5
Botswana	..	32	..	41	..	2	..	..	..	..
Brazil	18	4	21	12	17	24	45	57	0	3
Brunei Darussalam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bulgaria	24	8	9	16	12	2	41	45	4	4
Burkina Faso	25	12	41	49	7	5	8	13	19	21
Burundi	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	14	..
Cabo Verde	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cambodia	35	25	37	39	2	3	15	23	11	9
Cameroon	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Canada	7	7	10	12	22	8	55	69	5	5
Cayman Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	..	24	..	49	..	6	..	22	..	2
Chad	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	9	10	21	21	6	3	55	45	10	21
China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hong Kong SAR, China	23	..	26	..	0	..	26	..	26	..
Macao SAR, China	22	18	54	30	0	..	10	33	15	20
Colombia	8	20	45	8	19	8	30	55	-2	8
Comoros	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Congo, Dem. Rep.	56	..	27	..	6	..	1	..	16	..
Congo, Rep.	19	42	28	25	31	1	17	25	4	6
Costa Rica	12	10	40	46	17	9	27	22	4	9
Cote d'Ivoire	20	21	47	53	25	6	6	10	0	9
Croatia	24	7	26	24	4	8	43	56	3	5
Cuba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	10	7	38	26	10	6	31	31	3	3
Czech Republic	7	4	10	7	3	3	74	74	7	8
Denmark	8	8	11	11	10	3	21	16	5	3
Djibouti	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominica	12	31	53	42	18	7	16	20	..	..
Dominican Republic	14	17	49	37	6	15	17	26	11	5
Ecuador	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Egypt, Arab Rep.	8	5	30	24	20	23	24	43	18	6
El Salvador	21	18	63	43	9	12	10	28	3	0
Equatorial Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Eritrea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Estonia	15	11	23	18	1	0	56	61	6	10
Ethiopia	22	20	23	13	11	4	44	64	0	..
Faroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	..	14	..	32	..	14	..	35	..	5
Finland	7	8	10	8	8	3	66	73	9	9
France	6	6	23	19	6	4	49	54	4	3
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gambia, The	29	..	29	..	25	..	17	..	..	..
Georgia	17	12	11	17	24	3	48	52	..	16
Germany	3	5	6	6	7	4	80	81	5	4
Ghana	14	16	36	38	39	13	4	33	..	..
Greece	10	8	22	23	16	8	37	44	12	6
Greenland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	19	15	50	49	10	18	21	18	..	..
Guam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	15	16	31	31	10	12	22	32	21	9
Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guinea-Bissau	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guyana	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Haiti	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Honduras	13	14	51	44	7	8	18	8	11	27
Hungary	8	12	13	18	13	9	52	50	14	12
Iceland	24	21	29	24	9	13	22	28	15	14
India	12	9	10	8	30	19	43	63	7	1
Indonesia	11	10	11	14	24	8	54	63	0	1
Iran, Islamic Rep.	18	..	57	..	0	..	24	..	1	..
Iraq	..	13	..	44	..	1	..	34	..	8
Ireland	6	11	16	25	7	11	29	42	2	3
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	18	20	21	23	17	9	34	38	9	10
Italy	4	3	15	14	16	10	59	50	6	3
Jamaica	20	10	30	39	36	28	1	22	13	1
Japan	..	8	..	7	..	9	..	68	..	8
Jordan	6	9	70	46	13	13	8	31	3	1
Kazakhstan	25	19	9	7	10	3	55	68	1	2
Kenya	21	12	55	30	18	10	3	47	2	1
Kiribati	..	35	..	43	..	0	..	16	..	6
Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Rep.	14	13	11	10	7	6	53	62	15	8
Kosovo	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kuwait	23	16	35	33	1	..	30	24	11	27
Kyrgyz Republic	40	23	37	41	9	4	14	31	..	1
Lao PDR	..	25	..	54	..	6	..	7	..	8
Latvia	13	12	19	17	3	4	40	36	10	8
Lebanon	3	4	24	22	50	34	21	38	3	3
Lesotho	31	28	37	44	7	2	24	18	..	8
Liberia	..	28	..	41	..	1	..	22	..	..
Libya	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	15	9	17	16	4	5	33	60	4	9
Luxembourg	6	6	17	18	1	1	64	66	13	8
Macedonia, FYR	..	11	..	17	..	3	..	69	..	1
Madagascar	18	8	41	52	13	5	10	8	19	27
Malawi	..	24	..	27	..	17	..	31	..	1
Malaysia	15	16	28	31	15	10	48	42	3	1
Maldives	68	20	25	41	6	7	2	28	..	4
Mali	38	30	37	34	8	5	0	15	17	16
Malta	12	15	33	31	11	7	36	37	8	10
Marshall Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritius	13	9	42	32	17	12	21	45	7	2
Mexico	8	..	17	..	13	..	..	..	..	..
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	..	42	..	29	..	1	..	4	..	23
Moldova	10	21	10	11	22	2	55	55	3	12
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	23	13	13	19	7	6	56	60	2	2
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Morocco	12	8	41	40	17	3	25	39	5	10
Mozambique	..	29	..	42	..	4	..	18	..	7
Myanmar	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Namibia	21	17	51	43	7	4	10	34	11	1
Nepal	..	10	..	28	..	4	..	57	..	1
Netherlands	6	6	8	8	8	3	73	77	6	6
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	31	12	25	25	6	5	33	46	4	12
Nicaragua	17	16	23	38	13	6	35	33	12	8
Niger	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nigeria	15	13	30	42	37	20	18	25	..	..
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	9	9	11	17	4	1	48	44	5	5
Oman	59	55	30	24	5	1	4	21	2	..
Pakistan	48	10	4	10	36	32	3	19	..	30
Palau	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Panama	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Papua New Guinea	37	23	25	17	14	9	24	50	..	1
Paraguay	..	13	..	57	..	2	..	24	..	5
Peru	23	21	22	19	13	5	37	47	5	8
Philippines	14	18	39	36	28	19	19	25	1	2
Poland	8	7	8	14	9	5	74	45	1	4
Portugal	9	9	32	20	8	10	37	41	4	14
Puerto Rico	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Qatar	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Romania	23	10	20	15	11	5	34	58	2	12
Russian Federation	29	10	14	17	17	2	41	66	0	5
Rwanda	..	31	..	20	..	5	..	41	..	4
Samoa	..	27	..	27	..	3	..	42	..	1
San Marino	18	21	34	29	2	1	29	42	17	6
Sao Tome and Principe	16	23	25	48	15	3	23	19	21	7
Saudi Arabia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Senegal	26	20	41	28	11	8	19	35	..	10
Serbia	..	12	..	25	..	5	..	56	..	2
Seychelles	25	35	36	33	17	10	22	13	1	9
Sierra Leone	15	24	23	54	22	8	5	13	34	1
Singapore	33	33	29	29	2	0	36	0	..	..
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	15	9	30	15	11	9	42	54	3	14
Slovenia	11	11	18	17	5	7	47	42	4	4
Solomon Islands	..	53	..	32	..	0	..	8	..	7
Somalia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Africa	11	13	16	14	18	9	53	61	2	3
South Sudan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Spain	3	3	11	10	13	14	63	65	9	7
Sri Lanka	22	11	24	29	25	29	21	32	9	15
St. Kitts and Nevis	30	14	46	48	14	9	10	29	..	..
St. Lucia	20	19	55	44	8	17	17	21	..	..
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sudan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Suriname	24	34	40	36	6	4	25	27	5	4
Swaziland	27	21	48	50	4	3	21	26	0	0
Sweden	6	6	9	9	9	2	62	72	15	11
Switzerland	8	7	7	7	5	2	72	75	9	9
Syrian Arab Republic	11	..	52	..	13	..	..	..	..	..
Tajikistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tanzania	..	17	..	21	..	9	..	51	..	2
Thailand	27	25	45	28	9	6	19	33	1	8
Timor-Leste	..	49	..	18	..	0	..	12	..	21
Togo	..	28	..	28	..	6	..	35	..	2
Tonga	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Trinidad and Tobago	15	22	37	24	18	6	29	41	1	7
Tunisia	9	4	40	35	12	5	36	46	5	9
Turkey	9	13	25	24	39	7	26	49	1	7
Turkmenistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turks and Caicos Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	55	25	12	18	5	11	27	41	..	5
Ukraine	19	10	15	11	9	7	56	71	1	2
United Arab Emirates	46	29	36	34	..	..	..	24	..	12
United Kingdom	11	14	14	15	7	7	59	58	9	7
United States	13	8	9	10	13	11	65	64	1	7
Uruguay	12	11	15	22	7	7	66	43	0	9
Uzbekistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vanuatu	29	28	57	52	4	3	..	14	..	3
Venezuela, RB	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vietnam	..	..	..	..	6	7	..	..	..	..
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	..	15	..	60	..	2	..	21	..	2
Yemen, Rep.	17	..	49	..	11	..	21	..	..	..
Zambia	35	47	39	40	7	6	3	4	16	2
Zimbabwe	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
World	14	12	22	21	10	6	37	44	5	7
East Asia & Pacific	21	17	27	27	6	6	31	38	7	8
Europe & Central Asia	9	9	12	15	8	5	54	54	5	7
Latin America & Caribbean	15	14	28	38	13	8	33	30	4	8
Middle East & North Africa	11	9	35	30	12	5	24	37	7	7
North America	10	7	10	11	17	9	60	67	3	6
South Asia	22	10	10	28	30	29	26	32	7	1
Sub-Saharan Africa	..	24	..	41	..	5	..	25	..	3
Low income	..	28	..	40	..	6	..	26	..	..
Lower middle income	19	16	30	31	13	9	23	32	..	7
Upper middle income	17	13	24	26	13	5	32	45	5	5
High income	9	8	13	15	7	5	55	54	6	8

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