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	2020	2010	2020	2010	2020	2010	2020	2010	2020

Afghanistan	74.7	54.8	23.3	34.0	0.0	0.1	1.8	10.5	0.2	0.6
Albania	9.2	9.0	26.6	23.2	13.7	8.4	45.4	54.7	5.2	4.6
Algeria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	26.4	15.5	36.1	39.5	5.9	32.4	30.5	10.6	1.1	2.1
Antigua and Barbuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argentina	..	3.3	..	10.1	..	7.5	..	75.3	..	3.9
Armenia	13.4	11.6	23.6	19.2	3.8	10.0	39.0	41.1	20.3	18.1
Aruba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	9.9	9.7	10.3	10.0	2.0	3.0	69.2	70.1	8.6	7.3
Austria	6.6	5.9	11.0	10.0	6.1	2.7	70.7	76.2	5.6	5.3
Azerbaijan	9.7	7.9	17.9	15.8	0.4	3.2	35.4	37.3	36.5	35.8
Bahamas, The	20.7	21.0	48.0	28.4	12.0	12.9	7.8	23.3	11.4	14.4
Bahrain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bangladesh	13.5	15.4	21.3	22.4	20.0	22.6	36.0	36.0	9.2	3.6
Barbados	14.0	..	28.4	..	15.7	..	40.2	..	2.4	..
Belarus	9.9	12.8	11.9	13.2	1.8	5.2	69.3	61.1	7.2	7.7
Belgium	2.5	2.5	6.3	5.8	7.3	3.9	80.7	85.3	3.3	2.6
Belize	23.9	21.2	40.5	52.4	15.0	10.3	..	..	..	..
Benin	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bermuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	37.0	19.0	38.1	40.4	11.1	1.9	4.3	15.9	9.5	22.9
Bolivia	14.2	..	22.2	..	9.5	..	46.7	..	6.5	..
Bosnia and Herzegovina	23.6	17.1	28.2	25.8	1.1	1.8	42.0	47.3	5.1	7.0
Botswana	27.6	22.2	41.4	49.5	1.8	2.0	..	20.3	..	6.0
Brazil	3.3	2.1	13.6	10.3	22.8	14.5	57.8	70.6	2.4	2.5
Brunei Darussalam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bulgaria	10.7	8.9	19.9	19.3	2.1	1.4	45.6	48.7	4.1	4.7
Burkina Faso	17.1	10.0	46.4	50.8	4.0	8.0	11.8	24.4	20.6	6.8
Burundi	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cabo Verde	15.4	15.1	43.0	39.3	6.1	9.1	31.1	33.1	4.5	3.3
Cambodia	31.2	14.9	35.7	42.9	2.2	2.0	24.2	33.1	6.7	7.1
Cameroon	29.3	34.2	36.0	39.9	2.6	6.8	24.5	18.8	7.6	0.2
Canada	7.3	4.8	11.2	7.1	8.9	3.6	67.4	80.2	5.2	4.2
Cayman Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	57.9	41.5	24.7	38.7	5.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	17.8
Chad	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	8.5	8.3	20.8	20.1	2.2	3.5	45.7	51.9	22.7	16.3
China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hong Kong SAR, China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Macao SAR, China	15.1	13.4	27.5	26.6	0.0	0.0	21.7	44.5	35.7	15.5
Colombia	10.5	8.8	18.4	10.0	11.0	9.5	41.8	56.9	18.3	14.8
Comoros	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Congo, Dem. Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Congo, Rep.	40.5	17.6	24.6	27.6	8.0	8.8	14.2	37.6	12.7	8.4
Costa Rica	10.1	9.8	48.0	38.5	8.1	14.5	21.3	26.2	12.4	8.7
Cote d'Ivoire	20.2	11.9	43.6	32.4	10.6	10.8	10.6	37.4	15.0	7.5
Croatia	10.4	9.7	16.1	15.3	5.5	4.9	40.0	59.5	5.7	10.6
Cuba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	10.1	8.4	34.6	29.1	4.6	4.9	33.5	48.4	5.1	9.3
Czech Republic	9.9	7.5	12.1	12.7	3.6	1.9	46.8	51.0	6.2	5.2
Denmark	7.8	7.7	11.0	10.6	4.1	1.3	15.9	18.1	3.8	3.4
Djibouti	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominica	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominican Republic	18.8	15.6	37.2	32.5	12.7	15.1	26.2	27.2	4.9	9.5
Ecuador	..	23.6	..	36.2	..	12.5	..	23.7	..	4.1
Egypt, Arab Rep.	8.1	..	24.8	..	17.9	..	41.6	..	7.7	..
El Salvador	16.8	11.4	38.3	34.6	10.8	8.9	22.5	28.6	11.7	16.5
Equatorial Guinea	41.3	35.2	17.1	28.0	4.1	10.6	37.5	7.5	0.0	18.8
Eritrea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Estonia	9.9	8.7	16.3	15.4	0.2	0.1	64.0	66.4	9.7	9.4
Eswatini	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ethiopia	21.5	21.0	14.5	13.7	3.3	4.8	60.5	53.4	0.3	7.2
Faroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	12.9	14.2	38.4	31.4	15.2	12.6	22.6	33.3	11.0	8.4
Finland	8.2	7.9	8.5	7.5	3.3	1.5	50.3	53.4	4.5	4.1
France	5.3	5.6	18.5	17.5	5.0	2.4	51.1	58.6	3.1	3.0
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	23.0	11.6	36.1	51.5	6.1	16.8	32.1	18.7	2.8	1.4
Gambia, The	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Georgia	15.9	13.3	17.9	13.5	3.6	5.3	51.5	56.4	11.1	11.5
Germany	3.9	5.5	5.5	5.4	4.6	1.0	77.9	83.8	8.0	4.3
Ghana	14.8	8.7	35.7	33.0	15.5	28.7	34.0	14.2	0.0	15.5
Greece	9.4	6.5	21.5	19.5	12.0	5.4	40.8	46.6	5.3	5.4
Greenland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	14.8	10.2	29.6	33.3	11.5	11.4	31.6	38.8	12.5	6.3
Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guinea-Bissau	..	22.3	..	48.6	..	6.7	..	21.8	..	0.7
Guyana	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Haiti	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Honduras	14.0	16.1	55.7	48.6	3.8	10.0	6.5	17.0	20.0	8.2
Hungary	9.8	14.7	12.0	18.9	9.2	5.4	59.7	41.3	9.3	19.7
Iceland	20.4	19.4	20.5	24.5	20.6	9.9	25.5	35.6	13.0	10.5
India	9.4	6.7	8.9	9.0	18.3	19.4	37.0	44.6	0.7	0.4
Indonesia	10.1	11.5	15.4	14.8	9.2	12.3	63.0	48.5	2.3	12.9
Iran, Islamic Rep.	10.7	..	39.8	..	0.7	..	34.3	..	14.4	..
Iraq	..	12.4	..	51.9	..	0.0	..	32.1	..	3.6
Ireland	7.0	13.1	16.4	23.4	4.5	4.0	27.9	44.5	1.2	3.0
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	18.8	16.9	22.7	19.7	10.7	4.6	37.8	49.4	9.9	9.3
Italy	3.5	2.9	14.4	12.3	9.6	6.7	44.7	49.9	2.7	2.4
Jamaica	..	..	38.4	38.0	38.5	22.0	..	..	..	..
Japan	4.8	4.9	6.0	4.4	9.7	5.9	67.9	67.9	11.6	16.7
Jordan	9.0	8.4	52.1	47.4	7.9	14.2	29.3	26.7	1.6	3.2
Kazakhstan	22.1	18.2	7.3	6.2	2.4	7.0	66.6	66.0	1.7	2.5
Kenya	..	12.5	..	32.1	..	26.1	..	29.2	..	0.1
Kiribati	35.8	34.7	44.5	33.7	3.4	0.0	14.2	28.8	2.0	2.7
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Rep.	11.1	10.9	10.3	9.3	5.7	3.7	58.1	70.0	14.8	6.2
Kosovo	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kuwait	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kyrgyz Republic	..	12.9	..	40.4	..	3.7	..	42.7	..	0.4
Lao PDR	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Latvia	11.5	10.8	14.1	17.7	4.2	1.9	52.3	55.7	17.8	13.9
Lebanon	3.5	4.6	21.2	31.9	39.3	16.7	33.8	45.9	2.1	1.0
Lesotho	21.5	16.0	40.5	41.3	1.4	3.7	24.0	32.7	12.6	6.3
Liberia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Libya	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	9.6	6.9	14.4	17.0	2.7	-11.6	67.6	79.9	5.6	7.8
Luxembourg	7.8	7.4	20.1	20.2	1.0	0.5	50.4	50.9	3.5	3.8
Madagascar	10.6	5.9	53.0	48.2	8.3	6.2	26.5	39.4	1.6	0.3
Malawi	33.2	25.7	23.1	32.6	11.1	18.0	31.7	23.1	0.8	0.7
Malaysia	15.9	11.2	31.2	31.7	10.4	13.2	41.7	41.2	0.8	2.8
Maldives	54.5	..	33.6	..	7.0	..	4.8	..	0.0	..
Mali	31.5	13.8	34.3	43.3	2.8	8.5	16.2	20.3	15.1	14.1
Malta	13.8	19.8	31.3	27.5	7.7	3.1	33.0	35.6	5.5	4.9
Marshall Islands	27.7	25.9	42.9	35.3	1.0	0.5	16.5	17.1	11.8	21.3
Mauritania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritius	11.9	12.6	35.2	29.1	11.0	7.2	31.4	41.7	10.5	9.4
Mexico	7.0	5.6	12.3	10.9	11.0	13.3	61.4	64.9	8.3	5.4
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	45.0	32.9	36.2	26.2	1.2	0.6	6.4	7.7	11.2	32.6
Moldova	20.0	18.2	13.8	11.1	2.2	2.6	58.6	65.9	5.4	2.2
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	20.2	14.9	29.2	14.1	1.9	7.9	42.0	63.2	6.8	0.0
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Morocco	9.0	10.6	41.7	42.6	8.3	9.2	25.7	32.6	15.3	5.1
Mozambique	29.4	17.3	42.7	54.9	3.5	12.1	18.7	14.7	5.6	1.0
Myanmar	39.5	45.7	15.8	22.0	12.6	10.2	15.2	20.8	16.9	1.2
Namibia	17.4	13.5	45.8	44.6	4.1	11.0	32.3	30.6	0.3	0.2
Nepal	10.4	4.4	27.6	15.0	5.4	3.3	55.9	76.9	0.7	0.3
Netherlands	6.3	5.6	6.6	7.5	3.9	1.6	78.5	80.6	4.7	4.7
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	11.6	10.9	24.2	21.9	3.6	2.7	47.3	53.2	13.4	11.3
Nicaragua	12.8	15.8	38.0	39.1	7.1	7.6	36.6	30.8	5.5	6.7
Niger	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nigeria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
North Macedonia	11.2	5.5	17.2	12.9	2.4	3.4	65.1	75.5	4.1	2.6
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	8.6	8.5	15.6	14.3	2.5	0.7	65.5	64.5	7.9	12.1
Oman	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pakistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Palau	20.3	18.4	35.5	31.0	0.7	0.5	10.2	29.4	33.3	20.7
Panama	..	10.0	..	34.4	..	12.6	..	26.0	..	16.9
Papua New Guinea	..	24.8	..	15.5	..	12.5	..	46.6	..	0.6
Paraguay	12.8	11.7	55.0	46.0	2.3	5.5	22.4	32.3	7.5	4.5
Peru	21.3	16.6	17.5	16.7	6.7	5.7	46.6	45.0	7.9	16.0
Philippines	14.0	25.2	36.2	33.5	23.4	10.8	23.2	29.4	3.2	1.0
Poland	6.7	6.3	14.1	12.4	6.4	3.0	44.2	47.3	3.8	3.3
Portugal	8.5	8.4	24.9	21.0	7.0	6.5	42.5	47.0	3.6	3.5
Puerto Rico	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Qatar	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Romania	9.5	8.5	17.6	22.2	3.8	4.1	39.2	35.9	3.9	2.9
Russian Federation	12.7	6.6	16.2	11.9	1.6	2.4	60.5	74.2	9.1	4.9
Rwanda	..	30.1	..	16.4	..	6.7	..	40.3	..	6.5
Samoa	45.3	42.5	39.6	45.4	2.8	2.3	7.7	6.0	4.8	3.8
San Marino	23.8	20.6	34.2	25.0	0.9	1.2	33.5	41.9	7.6	11.3
Sao Tome and Principe	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Saudi Arabia	18.6	22.1	59.5	53.7	2.3	2.7	7.0	12.9	12.6	8.7
Senegal	..	28.3	..	33.8	..	11.0	..	13.5	..	13.4
Serbia	13.3	11.3	24.8	15.6	2.7	4.3	58.1	62.9	1.0	5.8
Seychelles	39.7	30.6	25.8	33.4	18.6	7.2	15.9	24.5	0.0	4.2
Sierra Leone	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Singapore	35.8	23.7	30.4	14.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	20.8	..	40.9
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	9.9	9.4	13.6	15.8	3.2	2.8	51.0	44.2	5.6	5.1
Slovenia	10.7	9.7	19.2	18.6	3.7	3.5	48.8	49.7	4.2	3.9
Solomon Islands	52.1	52.7	35.3	36.4	1.1	0.6	6.2	5.1	5.3	5.2
Somalia	..	17.0	..	47.3	..	3.1	..	32.7	..	0.0
South Africa	12.4	8.2	14.2	13.2	7.7	11.1	59.2	57.0	6.6	10.4
South Sudan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Spain	..	1.9	..	5.8	..	4.8	..	81.1	..	6.4
Sri Lanka	8.1	6.0	27.8	26.6	32.6	32.9	20.4	34.4	11.1	0.1
St. Kitts and Nevis	22.3	28.3	42.2	35.7	24.7	2.9	10.8	33.0	0.0	0.0
St. Lucia	20.6	19.5	46.6	40.4	12.8	16.1	20.1	24.0	0.0	0.0
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	14.2	13.9	46.9	49.8	11.1	8.8	27.9	23.5	0.0	4.0
Sudan	10.0	..	31.1	..	6.9	..	48.2	..	..	..
Suriname	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sweden	5.8	4.6	8.8	9.0	2.9	0.7	70.7	73.7	11.8	12.0
Switzerland	6.5	6.0	6.8	6.3	2.8	0.7	74.6	77.9	9.4	9.0
Syrian Arab Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tajikistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tanzania	14.7	12.1	19.7	20.9	5.3	10.6	57.9	54.0	2.4	2.4
Thailand	32.2	21.2	40.1	23.8	6.7	4.4	17.8	31.5	0.2	19.1
Timor-Leste	49.2	43.9	14.8	21.3	0.0	0.1	15.2	22.6	20.8	12.1
Togo	24.7	29.1	34.3	39.7	6.3	15.6	30.6	8.7	4.0	6.9
Tonga	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Trinidad and Tobago	18.2	22.5	24.1	32.9	7.6	9.4	41.9	33.4	8.3	1.8
Tunisia	6.2	..	34.6	..	6.5	..	40.9	..	11.7	..
Turkiye	10.6	8.7	22.0	23.5	10.4	9.0	50.1	50.3	6.9	8.4
Turkmenistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turks and Caicos Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	..	25.8	..	20.9	..	15.4	..	32.7	..	5.3
Ukraine	11.4	19.3	12.3	15.9	3.8	7.7	69.0	53.9	3.5	3.3
United Arab Emirates	30.9	37.4	29.7	34.3	0.0	0.1	21.4	25.0	18.1	3.2
United Kingdom	12.4	14.3	14.1	14.4	6.5	4.1	51.8	53.7	15.2	13.5
United States	9.8	5.7	10.0	6.9	9.7	7.8	62.7	71.3	7.8	8.4
Uruguay	12.6	11.3	23.0	25.0	8.1	7.8	46.5	47.3	9.9	8.5
Uzbekistan	..	4.2	..	21.1	0.2	1.4	..	55.0	..	18.3
Vanuatu	31.1	27.5	51.8	43.3	2.2	2.4	12.7	20.9	2.2	5.9
Venezuela, RB	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vietnam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	14.7	20.7	55.5	48.8	1.5	1.6	17.5	27.4	10.9	1.4
Yemen, Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Zambia	24.1	17.1	44.8	32.4	10.7	32.5	19.2	11.8	1.1	6.1
Zimbabwe	15.0	9.5	48.8	36.6	1.6	10.0	5.6	44.0	0.0	0.0
World	11.4	10.8	21.8	19.4	5.4	5.4	41.8	47.3	6.0	6.1
East Asia & Pacific	15.0	13.2	26.7	15.1	4.7	5.1	41.9	47.6	6.8	7.2
Europe & Central Asia	9.9	8.5	14.4	15.3	3.8	3.4	51.5	55.0	5.4	5.2
Latin America & Caribbean	12.8	11.3	29.6	32.9	8.1	9.7	39.2	38.8	9.1	8.2
Middle East & North Africa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
North America	8.6	5.3	10.6	7.0	9.3	5.7	65.1	75.7	6.5	6.3
South Asia	10.4	6.0	23.3	22.4	18.3	22.6	36.0	36.0	0.7	0.3
Sub-Saharan Africa	23.1	15.5	38.1	39.5	5.1	9.8	25.4	23.3	..	4.2
Low income	..	26.6	..	39.8	..	5.9	..	18.5	..	2.5
Lower middle income	14.0	13.9	34.6	27.1	7.1	10.8	30.5	29.7	6.8	3.3
Upper middle income	12.8	11.4	22.8	23.2	5.4	8.4	43.8	48.0	6.8	5.9
High income	9.6	8.4	14.3	14.4	4.6	3.0	50.7	53.4	6.2	6.4

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