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	2012	2000	2012	2000	2012	2000	2012	2000	2012

Afghanistan	..	68	..	29	..	0	..	3	..	0
Albania	18	..	36	..	20	..	23	..	3	..
Algeria	..	9	..	40	..	1	..	45	..	5
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	52	35	24	36	1	4	20	24	3	1
Antigua and Barbuda	20	17	45	41	24	12	11	30	..	..
Argentina	4	..	11	..	34	..	43	..	7	..
Armenia	53	16	5	22	4	4	34	37	4	20
Aruba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	11	10	11	11	7	5	67	69	6	7
Austria	5	5	13	13	9	6	70	69	5	7
Azerbaijan	28	11	12	14	2	1	59	35	2	40
Bahamas, The	20	23	43	39	11	12	25	23	1	3
Bahrain	..	13	..	41	..	5	..	40	..	2
Bangladesh	14	13	27	22	18	17	26	34	14	14
Barbados	..	14	..	28	..	16	..	42	..	2
Belarus	14	12	11	11	3	4	68	69	4	4
Belgium	3	2	7	6	14	7	74	54	3	0
Belize	20	25	51	42	14	8	15	24	10	0
Benin	33	18	38	50	6	4	2	26	21	2
Bermuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	46	33	42	35	2	12	7	2	2	18
Bolivia	16	..	25	..	8	..	45	..	6	..
Bosnia and Herzegovina	26	18	31	29	2	2	38	47	3	5
Botswana	..	30	..	43	..	2	..	..	..	..
Brazil	18	12	21	16	17	21	45	51	0	0
Brunei Darussalam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bulgaria	24	8	9	16	12	2	53	68	2	5
Burkina Faso	25	15	41	40	7	5	8	9	19	31
Burundi	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	14	..
Cabo Verde	..	14	..	48	..	9	..	25	..	5
Cambodia	35	29	37	33	2	3	15	27	11	8
Cameroon	23	..	37	..	22	..	17	..	..	..
Canada	7	7	11	12	22	8	58	70	5	5
Cayman Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	..	24	..	49	..	6	..	22	..	2
Chad	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	9	10	21	21	6	3	58	48	11	22
China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hong Kong SAR, China	23	28	26	23	0	0	27	19	26	33
Macao SAR, China	22	18	54	32	0	..	10	34	15	15
Colombia	9	18	20	11	17	10	42	52	12	10
Comoros	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Congo, Dem. Rep.	56	19	27	43	6	3	1	34	16	1
Congo, Rep.	19	..	28	..	31	..	17	..	4	..
Costa Rica	..	10	..	48	..	8	..	22	..	12
Cote d'Ivoire	32	19	42	45	17	11	8	15	..	11
Croatia	24	8	26	26	4	7	43	54	3	5
Cuba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	11	10	36	34	15	7	30	37	1	1
Czech Republic	7	4	10	7	3	3	74	76	7	9
Denmark	9	8	14	12	10	4	24	17	2	2
Djibouti	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominica	12	27	53	40	18	13	16	20	..	..
Dominican Republic	..	17	..	37	..	14	..	26	..	5
Ecuador	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Egypt, Arab Rep.	8	6	30	26	20	19	24	41	18	8
El Salvador	15	17	43	41	11	10	3	26	27	8
Equatorial Guinea	..	44	..	21	..	0	..	33	..	1
Eritrea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Estonia	19	14	26	21	0	0	55	46	3	5
Ethiopia	22	20	23	13	11	4	44	64	0	0
Faeroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Finland	10	10	11	9	8	3	67	73	8	7
France	7	6	23	20	6	5	52	55	1	2
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gambia, The	29	41	29	29	25	18	17	12	..	..
Georgia	17	16	11	16	24	4	48	49	..	16
Germany	4	5	6	6	7	5	81	82	4	4
Ghana	14	16	36	38	39	13	4	33	..	..
Greece	13	8	22	21	17	9	42	53	10	14
Greenland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	19	19	50	50	11	16	21	15	..	..
Guam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	15	17	31	29	10	12	22	33	21	10
Guinea	15	..	30	..	32	..	12	..	1	..
Guinea-Bissau	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guyana	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Haiti	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Honduras	13	15	51	48	7	7	18	7	12	23
Hungary	8	12	13	14	13	10	57	59	13	9
Iceland	24	21	29	24	9	14	27	34	15	12
India	12	9	10	9	30	19	43	62	7	1
Indonesia	11	9	11	14	24	11	53	54	0	12
Iran, Islamic Rep.	18	11	57	40	0	1	24	34	1	14
Iraq	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ireland	6	9	14	25	7	9	30	55	2	3
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	24	27	23	24	17	11	30	31	7	9
Italy	4	4	16	15	16	12	61	66	5	5
Jamaica	16	8	33	17	47	31	2	9	2	35
Japan	..	7	..	6	..	9	..	71	..	10
Jordan	6	5	70	46	13	9	8	38	3	1
Kazakhstan	25	..	9	..	10	..	55	..	1	..
Kenya	21	10	55	25	18	10	3	54	2	0
Kiribati	..	39	..	45	..	6	..	6	..	3
Korea, Dem. Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Rep.	14	11	11	10	7	6	53	59	15	15
Kosovo	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kuwait	23	17	32	29	1	..	32	29	11	26
Kyrgyz Republic	40	23	37	26	9	4	14	45	..	1
Lao PDR	..	26	..	46	..	6	..	11	..	11
Latvia	13	9	12	13	3	5	67	69	4	4
Lebanon	3	3	24	22	50	31	21	42	3	2
Lesotho	30	..	38	..	8	..	21	..	..	..
Liberia	..	28	..	42	..	1	..	29	..	..
Libya	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	14	10	19	17	6	6	55	65	10	5
Luxembourg	6	6	17	16	1	1	68	71	13	8
Macedonia, FYR	..	11	..	17	..	3	..	69	..	1
Madagascar	18	11	41	55	13	7	10	3	19	24
Malawi	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Malaysia	15	16	28	29	15	10	48	45	3	1
Maldives	68	18	25	63	6	8	2	11	..	..
Mali	38	32	37	34	8	3	0	16	17	15
Malta	10	14	32	31	8	7	40	42	14	10
Marshall Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritius	..	12	..	36	..	9	..	34	..	9
Mexico	8	..	17	..	13	..	..	..	..	..
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Moldova	10	21	10	13	22	2	55	54	3	9
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	23	16	13	27	7	3	56	48	2	6
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Morocco	13	8	42	40	13	4	29	41	3	7
Mozambique	..	29	..	42	..	4	..	18	..	7
Myanmar	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Namibia	21	18	51	40	7	4	10	37	11	1
Nepal	..	10	..	27	..	6	..	56	..	1
Netherlands	7	7	8	7	8	4	76	81	4	4
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	31	9	25	20	6	4	37	62	4	8
Nicaragua	17	16	23	36	13	7	35	34	12	7
Niger	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nigeria	15	16	30	45	37	18	18	21	..	..
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	10	10	11	17	3	1	74	69	4	5
Oman	59	61	30	22	5	0	4	17	2	..
Pakistan	48	20	4	4	36	26	3	24	..	26
Palau	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Panama	15	..	37	..	22	..	26	..	1	..
Papua New Guinea	37	..	25	..	14	..	24	..	..	..
Paraguay	..	12	..	56	..	1	..	23	..	8
Peru	23	20	22	18	13	6	37	50	5	6
Philippines	26	28	31	31	24	18	19	20	2	2
Poland	7	7	11	11	8	7	70	70	8	7
Portugal	9	7	32	18	8	10	46	58	7	9
Puerto Rico	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Qatar	..	28	..	28	..	7	..	16	..	22
Romania	22	16	16	14	8	5	43	61	12	8
Russian Federation	19	11	17	17	9	2	54	66	1	10
Rwanda	..	29	..	23	..	3	..	38	..	7
Samoa	..	25	..	30	..	3	..	39	..	4
San Marino	18	25	34	32	2	1	32	39	17	7
Sao Tome and Principe	16	23	25	48	15	3	23	19	21	7
Saudi Arabia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Senegal	..	53	..	38	..	9	..	27	..	..
Serbia	..	12	..	25	..	5	..	56	..	2
Seychelles	25	47	36	29	17	14	22	10	0	0
Sierra Leone	15	24	23	28	22	9	5	11	34	29
Singapore	33	33	29	29	2	0	36	39	..	..
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	11	6	12	12	6	5	64	72	12	9
Slovenia	16	12	18	19	4	5	59	61	3	3
Solomon Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Somalia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Africa	11	12	16	14	18	8	53	64	2	2
South Sudan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Spain	4	3	11	7	9	7	73	69	5	15
Sri Lanka	22	10	24	26	25	30	21	19	9	15
St. Kitts and Nevis	30	24	46	41	14	21	10	14	..	..
St. Lucia	20	19	55	43	8	15	17	22	..	..
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	21	14	53	50	10	9	15	27	..	..
Sudan	41	..	41	..	10	..	8	..	..	..
Suriname	24	34	40	36	6	4	25	27	5	4
Swaziland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sweden	10	10	10	11	9	2	68	73	6	8
Switzerland	6	8	7	7	5	3	80	78	4	7
Syrian Arab Republic	11	7	52	62	13	6	..	24	..	..
Tajikistan	31	..	22	..	4	..	43	..	0	..
Tanzania	..	18	..	20	..	7	..	54	..	1
Thailand	27	25	35	37	7	6	24	29	6	7
Timor-Leste	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Togo	..	27	..	33	..	5	..	33	..	2
Tonga	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Trinidad and Tobago	15	18	37	24	18	8	29	42	1	8
Tunisia	9	4	40	35	12	5	36	46	5	9
Turkey	..	12	..	24	..	9	..	52	..	4
Turkmenistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turks and Caicos Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	55	28	12	17	5	8	27	44	..	3
Ukraine	19	12	15	11	9	4	56	69	1	4
United Arab Emirates	..	29	..	31	..	..	..	23	..	17
United Kingdom	17	17	14	14	7	7	55	55	9	8
United States	7	9	10	10	16	11	67	69	8	7
Uruguay	12	12	15	23	7	8	66	48	0	10
Uzbekistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vanuatu	29	28	57	52	4	3	..	14	..	3
Venezuela, RB	6	..	21	..	12	..	59	..	2	..
Vietnam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Yemen, Rep.	17	..	49	..	11	..	21	..	..	..
Zambia	35	47	39	40	7	6	3	4	16	2
Zimbabwe	13	..	38	..	21	..	28	..	..	..
World	14	12	22	22	8	6	43	48	6	7
Low income	..	22	..	30	..	5	..	27	..	4
Middle income	15	16	29	26	12	7	34	42	..	7
Lower middle income	15	16	30	29	18	7	27	33	..	9
Upper middle income	15	12	22	22	10	6	42	48	6	5
Low & middle income	18	16	29	28	11	6	29	36	..	7
East Asia & Pacific	23	27	31	33	11	5	27	28	1	3
Europe & Central Asia	20	12	15	16	9	4	49	55	6	5
Latin America & Caribbean	13	16	24	33	17	9	42	29	4	9
Middle East & North Africa	8	7	42	30	11	6	..	40	..	7
South Asia	22	10	10	26	30	19	26	24	7	1
Sub-Saharan Africa	..	20	..	38	..	5	..	30	..	..
High income	10	9	14	17	7	5	59	62	5	7
Euro area	7	7	14	14	8	6	64	64	4	4

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