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	2017	2010	2017	2010	2017	2010	2017	2010	2017

Afghanistan	75	55	23	34	0	0	2	10	0	1
Albania	9	9	27	24	14	9	45	53	5	5
Algeria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	26	25	36	45	6	16	30	11	1	3
Antigua and Barbuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argentina	..	4	..	13	..	9	..	64	..	9
Armenia	13	15	24	22	4	10	39	38	20	15
Aruba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	10	10	10	11	2	4	69	68	9	8
Austria	7	6	11	11	6	4	71	74	6	5
Azerbaijan	10	7	18	12	0	3	35	30	36	49
Bahamas, The	19	22	42	30	13	11	21	33	5	3
Bahrain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bangladesh	13	14	21	25	20	20	36	34	9	7
Barbados	14	13	28	24	16	20	40	41	2	2
Belarus	10	13	12	13	2	6	69	64	7	3
Belgium	2	2	6	6	7	5	81	84	3	3
Belize	24	21	40	52	15	10	..	..	..	..
Benin	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bermuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	37	34	38	34	11	7	4	10	10	15
Bolivia	14	..	22	..	10	..	47	..	7	..
Bosnia and Herzegovina	24	18	28	27	1	2	42	48	5	5
Botswana	28	27	41	43	2	2	..	19	..	9
Brazil	4	3	14	12	23	25	57	58	2	2
Brunei Darussalam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bulgaria	11	9	20	19	2	2	46	45	4	5
Burkina Faso	17	23	46	41	4	5	12	20	21	12
Burundi	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cabo Verde	15	15	43	39	6	9	31	33	4	3
Cambodia	31	22	36	47	2	2	24	22	7	7
Cameroon	29	33	36	44	3	8	25	15	8	0
Canada	7	8	11	10	9	6	67	72	5	5
Cayman Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	58	23	25	49	5	7	12	..	0	21
Chad	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	10	9	20	21	2	4	45	34	22	32
China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hong Kong SAR, China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Macao SAR, China	15	15	28	32	..	..	22	32	36	21
Colombia	11	15	18	5	11	11	42	65	18	5
Comoros	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Congo, Dem. Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Congo, Rep.	41	30	25	35	8	3	14	2	13	29
Costa Rica	10	11	48	47	8	10	21	24	12	6
Cote d'Ivoire	20	16	44	30	11	8	11	35	15	10
Croatia	10	12	16	16	6	7	41	42	4	3
Cuba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	10	9	35	31	5	7	34	38	5	6
Czech Republic	10	8	12	13	4	2	46	50	7	7
Denmark	8	8	11	11	4	3	16	15	4	4
Djibouti	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominica	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominican Republic	19	18	37	38	13	18	26	13	5	13
Ecuador	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Egypt, Arab Rep.	8	4	25	27	18	24	42	37	8	7
El Salvador	17	16	38	41	11	11	22	19	12	13
Equatorial Guinea	41	38	17	20	4	4	37	8	..	29
Eritrea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Estonia	10	10	18	18	0	0	62	62	9	10
Eswatini	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ethiopia	21	19	14	11	3	4	60	53	0	13
Faroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	14	13	39	30	16	10	25	42	7	5
Finland	8	8	9	7	3	2	50	55	5	4
France	5	5	18	18	5	4	51	56	3	3
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	23	12	36	54	6	16	32	16	3	1
Gambia, The	41	..	29	..	18	..	12	..	..	..
Georgia	16	13	18	15	4	5	51	52	11	15
Germany	4	5	6	6	5	2	78	82	8	5
Ghana	15	13	36	33	16	25	34	29	12	..
Greece	9	8	22	22	12	7	41	46	5	7
Greenland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	15	12	30	34	11	13	32	33	12	8
Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guinea-Bissau	..	29	..	48	..	5	..	17	..	1
Guyana	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Haiti	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Honduras	14	18	56	46	4	8	7	2	20	26
Hungary	10	14	12	20	9	7	60	46	10	14
Iceland	20	22	22	27	13	12	26	29	18	11
India	9	8	9	9	18	21	37	42	1	0
Indonesia	10	15	15	16	9	11	63	50	2	8
Iran, Islamic Rep.	11	..	40	..	1	..	34	..	14	..
Iraq	..	8	..	58	..	3	..	30	..	1
Ireland	7	11	16	27	5	8	28	41	1	3
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	20	19	23	23	11	6	37	41	10	11
Italy	3	3	15	14	10	9	46	50	3	3
Jamaica	6	12	38	38	39	27	5	8	..	..
Japan	5	5	6	6	10	9	68	69	12	10
Jordan	9	7	52	50	8	11	29	28	2	4
Kazakhstan	22	42	7	5	2	4	67	48	2	1
Kenya	..	25	..	26	..	11	..	37	..	1
Kiribati	36	34	45	33	3	0	14	26	2	7
Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Rep.	11	14	10	10	6	4	58	63	15	8
Kosovo	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kuwait	15	17	27	33	0	..	28	17	19	19
Kyrgyz Republic	..	15	..	40	..	3	..	42	..	1
Lao PDR	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Latvia	11	10	14	18	4	3	52	55	18	13
Lebanon	4	5	21	24	39	36	34	32	2	3
Lesotho	22	22	41	45	1	3	24	25	13	6
Liberia	26	..	34	..	5	..	25	..	..	..
Libya	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	9	8	14	17	5	4	66	64	6	7
Luxembourg	7	7	18	18	1	1	55	53	3	4
Madagascar	12	7	59	50	9	7	17	37	4	-2
Malawi	33	27	23	31	11	21	32	20	1	2
Malaysia	16	16	31	35	10	13	42	35	1	0
Maldives	55	20	30	41	8	7	8	28	..	4
Mali	32	30	34	38	3	7	16	22	15	4
Malta	14	17	31	32	8	5	37	32	11	5
Marshall Islands	29	25	45	36	1	0	16	24	9	15
Mauritania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritius	12	12	35	36	11	8	31	32	10	12
Mexico	7	7	12	11	11	13	61	64	8	5
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	45	54	36	25	1	1	6	2	11	18
Moldova	20	18	14	13	2	4	59	63	5	2
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	20	12	29	18	2	17	42	51	7	1
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Morocco	9	10	42	47	8	10	26	25	15	7
Mozambique	29	15	43	57	4	12	19	15	6	1
Myanmar	39	39	16	19	13	9	15	24	17	9
Namibia	17	13	46	46	4	9	32	31	0	1
Nepal	10	11	28	23	5	2	56	64	1	0
Netherlands	6	6	7	8	4	3	78	79	5	5
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	12	12	26	26	4	4	47	47	12	11
Nicaragua	13	17	38	37	7	6	37	32	5	8
Niger	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nigeria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
North Macedonia	11	7	17	15	2	5	65	71	4	2
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	9	9	16	15	2	1	65	66	8	9
Oman	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pakistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Palau	21	21	36	35	1	0	10	12	33	31
Panama	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Papua New Guinea	..	26	..	19	..	13	..	42	..	1
Paraguay	13	12	55	50	2	4	22	30	8	5
Peru	21	20	18	19	7	6	47	46	8	9
Philippines	14	21	36	36	23	14	23	29	3	0
Poland	7	7	14	14	6	4	44	44	4	4
Portugal	9	9	25	21	7	9	42	44	4	4
Puerto Rico	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Qatar	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Romania	9	9	18	18	4	4	39	35	4	4
Russian Federation	13	8	16	13	2	3	61	71	9	6
Rwanda	..	34	..	21	..	5	..	34	..	7
Samoa	45	37	40	49	3	3	8	5	5	7
San Marino	24	22	34	29	1	1	34	42	8	6
Sao Tome and Principe	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Saudi Arabia	19	19	60	58	2	1	7	8	13	14
Senegal	..	30	..	34	..	8	..	22	..	7
Serbia	13	..	25	..	3	..	58	..	1	..
Seychelles	40	32	26	32	19	10	16	26	9	8
Sierra Leone	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Singapore	36	34	30	27	0	0	0	23	..	17
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	9	10	14	15	3	4	50	48	6	7
Slovenia	11	12	20	19	4	6	47	45	4	5
Solomon Islands	52	51	35	35	1	0	6	6	5	8
Somalia	..	34	..	54	..	..	..	10	..	2
South Africa	13	11	15	14	8	10	62	61	3	4
South Sudan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Spain	4	4	11	10	9	12	70	67	7	7
Sri Lanka	8	8	28	27	33	33	20	32	11	..
St. Kitts and Nevis	22	23	42	45	25	6	11	26	..	..
St. Lucia	21	20	47	40	13	16	20	24	..	..
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	14	14	47	50	11	9	28	23	..	4
Sudan	10	14	31	37	7	5	48	25	..	..
Suriname	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sweden	6	5	9	9	3	1	71	73	12	11
Switzerland	6	7	7	7	3	1	75	75	9	9
Syrian Arab Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tajikistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tanzania	15	12	20	20	5	9	58	58	2	1
Thailand	32	25	40	28	7	5	18	31	0	4
Timor-Leste	49	32	15	22	0	0	15	36	21	10
Togo	25	31	34	45	6	11	31	9	4	3
Tonga	39	39	46	43	3	3	8	9	3	6
Trinidad and Tobago	18	22	24	29	8	6	42	42	8	2
Tunisia	6	..	35	..	7	..	41	..	12	..
Turkey	12	11	22	22	11	6	48	49	7	12
Turkmenistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turks and Caicos Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	..	26	..	22	..	19	..	29	..	4
Ukraine	11	12	12	14	4	11	69	61	4	1
United Arab Emirates	31	37	30	37	..	..	21	22	18	4
United Kingdom	13	13	14	16	7	7	58	56	9	7
United States	10	7	10	10	10	11	63	66	8	7
Uruguay	13	11	23	26	8	8	46	46	10	9
Uzbekistan	..	10	..	12	0	0	..	51	..	27
Vanuatu	31	32	52	39	2	4	13	20	2	5
Venezuela, RB	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vietnam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	15	20	56	54	1	2	17	22	11	2
Yemen, Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Zambia	23	24	45	39	11	23	19	14	1	0
Zimbabwe	15	17	49	49	2	3	6	30	2	0
World	12	12	22	21	5	6	42	42	7	5
East Asia & Pacific	15	18	27	21	6	9	42	39	7	8
Europe & Central Asia	10	9	14	15	4	4	52	51	5	5
Latin America & Caribbean	13	12	30	26	8	10	37	40	9	8
Middle East & North Africa	11	14	32	42	..	..	34	27	8	6
North America	9	7	11	10	9	8	65	69	6	6
South Asia	10	9	23	25	18	11	36	37	1	0
Sub-Saharan Africa	22	24	35	41	6	8	26	22	..	3
Low income	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lower middle income	15	18	36	36	7	10	28	32	8	2
Upper middle income	12	12	23	22	7	8	42	38	6	5
High income	9	9	14	16	5	4	50	52	7	7

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