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	2018	2010	2018	2010	2018	2010	2018	2010	2018

Afghanistan	75	55	23	34	0	0	2	10	0	1
Albania	9	9	27	24	14	10	45	53	5	5
Algeria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	26	25	36	45	6	16	30	11	1	3
Antigua and Barbuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argentina	..	4	..	12	..	13	..	66	..	5
Armenia	13	14	24	21	4	10	39	40	20	15
Aruba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	10	10	10	10	2	4	69	67	9	8
Austria	7	6	11	11	6	4	71	74	6	5
Azerbaijan	10	11	18	16	0	4	35	36	36	32
Bahamas, The	19	20	42	33	13	14	21	22	5	11
Bahrain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bangladesh	13	14	21	25	20	20	36	34	9	7
Barbados	14	13	28	25	16	23	40	38	2	2
Belarus	10	14	12	14	2	6	69	62	7	3
Belgium	2	3	6	6	7	5	81	84	3	2
Belize	24	21	40	52	15	10	..	..	..	..
Benin	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bermuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	37	23	38	31	11	6	4	10	10	30
Bolivia	14	..	22	..	10	..	47	..	7	..
Bosnia and Herzegovina	24	18	28	26	1	2	42	46	5	7
Botswana	28	26	41	45	2	2	..	19	..	8
Brazil	3	3	14	12	23	24	58	59	2	2
Brunei Darussalam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bulgaria	11	9	20	19	2	2	46	46	4	5
Burkina Faso	17	21	46	46	4	6	12	18	21	8
Burundi	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cabo Verde	15	15	43	39	6	9	31	33	4	3
Cambodia	31	20	36	47	2	2	24	22	7	8
Cameroon	29	34	36	40	3	7	25	19	8	0
Canada	7	8	11	11	9	6	67	71	5	5
Cayman Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	58	24	25	49	5	2	12	..	0	24
Chad	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	8	9	21	22	2	4	46	34	23	32
China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hong Kong SAR, China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Macao SAR, China	15	15	28	32	..	..	22	31	36	22
Colombia	11	13	18	13	11	10	42	55	18	8
Comoros	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Congo, Dem. Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Congo, Rep.	41	15	25	25	8	12	14	35	13	13
Costa Rica	10	10	48	41	8	12	21	22	12	13
Cote d'Ivoire	20	13	44	31	11	9	11	39	15	8
Croatia	10	12	16	16	6	6	41	42	4	3
Cuba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	10	8	35	28	5	6	34	33	5	5
Czech Republic	10	9	12	14	4	2	46	49	7	7
Denmark	8	8	11	11	4	3	16	14	4	4
Djibouti	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominica	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominican Republic	19	17	37	39	13	16	26	15	5	11
Ecuador	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Egypt, Arab Rep.	8	4	25	27	18	24	42	37	8	7
El Salvador	17	16	38	41	11	11	22	18	12	14
Equatorial Guinea	41	38	17	23	4	6	37	10	..	23
Eritrea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Estonia	10	10	18	18	0	0	62	63	10	9
Eswatini	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ethiopia	21	19	14	12	3	5	60	53	0	12
Faroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	14	18	39	30	16	10	25	35	7	8
Finland	8	8	9	8	3	2	50	54	5	5
France	5	5	18	18	5	4	51	56	3	3
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	23	11	36	55	6	18	32	15	3	2
Gambia, The	41	..	29	..	18	..	12	..	..	..
Georgia	16	13	18	15	4	5	51	55	11	12
Germany	4	5	6	6	5	2	78	83	8	4
Ghana	15	9	36	36	16	29	34	20	12	5
Greece	9	7	22	22	12	7	41	45	5	6
Greenland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	15	12	30	34	11	12	32	36	12	6
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	6	60	46	9	14
Iceland	15	16	18	24	13	8	35	41	18	11
India	9	7	9	9	18	19	37	45	1	0
Indonesia	10	13	15	16	9	12	63	49	2	11
Iran, Islamic Rep.	11	..	40	..	1	..	34	..	14	..
Iraq	..	8	..	58	..	3	..	30	..	1
Ireland	7	12	16	27	5	7	28	40	1	3
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	20	20	23	23	11	6	37	41	10	10
Italy	3	3	14	14	10	8	45	48	3	3
Jamaica	..	..	38	37	39	24	..	..	..	..
Japan	5	5	6	6	10	9	68	69	12	10
Jordan	9	8	52	47	8	12	29	29	2	4
Kazakhstan	22	18	7	6	2	6	67	67	2	2
Kenya	..	17	..	29	..	15	..	24	..	16
Kiribati	36	34	45	33	3	0	14	26	2	7
Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Rep.	11	12	10	10	6	4	58	67	15	8
Kosovo	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kuwait	15	17	27	33	0	..	28	17	19	19
Kyrgyz Republic	..	16	..	37	..	4	..	42	..	0
Lao PDR	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Latvia	12	10	14	19	4	3	52	56	18	13
Lebanon	4	4	21	23	39	34	34	38	2	2
Lesotho	22	23	41	45	1	3	24	23	13	5
Liberia	26	..	34	..	5	..	25	..	..	..
Libya	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	9	7	14	16	5	3	39	42	5	7
Luxembourg	7	6	18	18	1	1	55	54	3	4
Madagascar	12	8	59	52	9	8	17	30	4	1
Malawi	33	33	23	31	11	18	32	19	1	0
Malaysia	16	15	31	35	10	13	42	36	1	0
Maldives	55	..	34	..	7	..	5	..	..	..
Mali	32	27	34	41	3	7	16	22	15	3
Malta	14	18	31	31	8	4	33	31	5	5
Marshall Islands	29	29	45	38	1	0	16	20	9	13
Mauritania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritius	12	13	35	35	11	7	31	34	10	11
Mexico	7	7	12	11	11	13	61	64	8	4
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	45	53	36	24	1	1	6	1	11	21
Moldova	20	18	14	13	2	3	59	64	5	2
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	20	14	29	17	2	14	42	55	7	1
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Morocco	9	11	42	46	8	10	26	27	15	7
Mozambique	29	16	43	54	4	15	19	14	6	1
Myanmar	39	46	16	22	13	10	15	20	17	2
Namibia	17	11	46	49	4	10	32	30	0	0
Nepal	10	11	28	23	5	2	56	64	1	0
Netherlands	6	6	7	8	4	2	78	78	5	6
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	12	12	24	24	4	4	47	47	13	13
Nicaragua	13	15	38	39	7	7	37	32	5	7
Niger	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nigeria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
North Macedonia	11	6	17	15	2	4	65	73	4	2
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	9	9	16	16	2	1	65	65	8	10
Oman	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pakistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Palau	21	23	36	38	1	0	10	16	33	23
Panama	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Papua New Guinea	..	26	..	18	..	13	..	42	..	1
Paraguay	13	13	55	53	2	4	22	25	8	5
Peru	21	20	18	20	7	6	47	46	8	8
Philippines	14	20	36	38	23	13	23	27	3	1
Poland	7	7	14	14	6	4	44	44	4	4
Portugal	9	9	25	22	7	9	43	45	4	4
Puerto Rico	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Qatar	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Romania	9	9	18	23	4	4	39	33	4	4
Russian Federation	13	8	16	13	2	3	61	69	9	7
Rwanda	..	32	..	20	..	6	..	35	..	7
Samoa	45	43	40	47	3	3	8	4	5	4
San Marino	24	21	34	27	1	1	34	45	8	6
Sao Tome and Principe	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Saudi Arabia	19	19	60	54	2	2	7	8	13	17
Senegal	..	28	..	34	..	11	..	13	..	13
Serbia	13	..	25	..	3	..	58	..	1	..
Seychelles	40	40	26	34	19	9	16	23	9	4
Sierra Leone	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Singapore	36	34	30	25	0	0	0	22	..	20
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	10	9	14	14	3	3	51	49	6	6
Slovenia	11	12	19	19	4	5	49	47	4	4
Solomon Islands	52	53	35	37	1	0	6	8	5	1
Somalia	..	32	..	56	..	..	..	12	..	0
South Africa	13	11	15	14	8	11	62	60	3	3
South Sudan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Spain	4	4	11	10	8	11	69	67	8	8
Sri Lanka	8	8	28	27	33	36	20	29	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	10
Syrian Arab Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tajikistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tanzania	15	12	20	21	5	11	58	54	2	2
Thailand	32	26	40	27	7	5	18	31	0	5
Timor-Leste	49	44	15	21	0	0	15	19	21	15
Togo	25	32	34	38	6	13	31	12	4	5
Tonga	39	39	46	43	3	3	8	9	3	6
Trinidad and Tobago	18	22	24	31	8	7	42	38	8	2
Tunisia	6	..	35	..	7	..	41	..	12	..
Turkey	11	10	22	22	10	8	50	46	7	14
Turkmenistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turks and Caicos Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	..	28	..	21	..	16	..	18	..	17
Ukraine	11	13	12	15	4	10	69	60	4	2
United Arab Emirates	31	37	30	36	..	..	21	21	18	6
United Kingdom	13	14	13	16	7	7	57	55	10	9
United States	10	8	10	10	10	12	63	65	8	6
Uruguay	13	11	23	25	8	8	46	46	10	9
Uzbekistan	..	8	..	9	0	0	..	54	..	28
Vanuatu	31	30	52	49	2	4	13	14	2	4
Venezuela, RB	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vietnam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Yemen, Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Zambia	24	16	45	38	11	34	19	12	1	1
Zimbabwe	15	9	49	37	2	10	6	44	2	2
World	12	12	22	21	6	7	42	43	6	6
East Asia & Pacific	15	15	27	21	6	7	42	42	7	8
Europe & Central Asia	10	9	14	15	4	4	51	54	5	5
Latin America & Caribbean	13	12	30	29	8	12	39	36	9	8
Middle East & North Africa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
North America	9	8	11	10	9	9	65	68	6	5
South Asia	10	9	23	25	18	11	36	38	1	0
Sub-Saharan Africa	22	19	35	37	6	10	26	21	..	5
Low income	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lower middle income	15	16	35	32	7	11	28	31	7	5
Upper middle income	13	12	22	22	7	10	44	46	5	5
High income	9	9	14	16	5	4	49	48	8	6

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