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
2015	2023	2015	2023	2015	2023	2015	2023	2015	2023

Afghanistan	61.0	..	33.7	..	0.1	..	4.5	..	0.6	..
Albania	8.3	8.7	24.5	20.5	11.0	7.8	47.0	58.6	9.2	4.3
Algeria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	21.9	..	47.9	..	8.6	..	19.5	..	2.2	..
Antigua and Barbuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argentina	4.6	3.7	13.2	12.9	7.4	7.3	65.5	68.8	9.3	7.3
Armenia	15.9	10.0	21.0	19.3	5.9	12.7	37.3	40.8	20.0	17.1
Aruba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	10.1	10.8	10.4	9.5	3.5	3.0	67.6	69.4	8.4	7.4
Austria	6.1	6.6	10.6	10.1	5.0	2.5	73.1	74.1	5.2	6.6
Azerbaijan	12.2	42.6	14.4	14.2	1.6	2.1	42.0	38.0	29.9	0.0
Bahamas, The	19.4	21.6	34.7	25.9	12.7	18.4	19.5	22.5	13.7	11.5
Bahrain	14.6	11.5	46.2	39.5	8.7	18.9	30.9	30.1	-0.3	..
Bangladesh	14.6	14.8	21.6	20.3	22.7	24.0	31.8	34.1	9.3	6.8
Barbados	13.1	..	24.3	..	19.9	..	40.9	..	1.8	..
Belarus	11.1	13.9	12.3	14.1	5.3	5.4	70.0	63.8	1.3	2.9
Belgium	2.6	2.8	6.4	5.9	6.3	3.1	81.7	85.0	3.1	3.2
Belize	21.8	..	53.5	..	9.4	..	..	..	..	..
Benin	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bermuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	25.8	19.0	39.9	40.4	8.1	1.9	7.1	15.9	19.1	22.9
Bolivia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bosnia and Herzegovina	17.8	17.0	27.4	25.8	2.3	2.1	47.1	49.4	5.4	5.7
Botswana	28.4	22.4	43.3	50.4	1.9	2.6	18.6	7.1	8.9	17.6
Brazil	2.6	2.4	8.2	6.6	34.4	24.1	51.7	62.8	3.0	4.1
Brunei Darussalam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bulgaria	10.0	8.1	18.6	18.0	2.6	1.3	45.2	48.2	5.6	4.1
Burkina Faso	11.9	9.7	50.8	40.7	4.7	11.9	10.8	35.1	21.8	2.6
Burundi	15.3	17.8	36.4	48.1	2.2	3.3	36.8	26.3	9.3	4.5
Cabo Verde	17.9	20.5	38.3	39.9	12.2	8.8	28.4	28.2	3.2	2.7
Cambodia	24.4	15.0	44.4	38.9	2.5	2.1	22.7	37.3	6.0	6.6
Cameroon	33.4	33.6	38.5	34.7	3.0	7.8	18.2	23.5	1.3	0.4
Canada	7.1	7.2	10.7	10.3	7.0	7.6	70.5	69.0	4.7	6.1
Cayman Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	16.3	31.7	60.7	49.9	5.0	5.2	..	..	17.9	13.2
Chad	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	9.0	7.9	21.0	19.9	3.0	4.3	44.3	50.3	22.7	17.6
China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hong Kong SAR, China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Macao SAR, China	17.4	18.0	30.6	33.4	..	..	30.7	32.6	21.3	16.0
Colombia	14.3	8.0	11.1	9.8	8.8	13.2	59.9	60.8	5.8	8.2
Comoros	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Congo, Dem. Rep.	45.3	27.5	40.6	37.4	1.2	0.7	7.2	10.7	5.7	23.7
Congo, Rep.	43.0	27.1	31.0	25.9	2.6	11.5	24.0	32.9	1.8	2.6
Costa Rica	9.5	20.8	43.4	26.8	9.4	16.7	23.5	14.9	11.7	20.8
Cote d'Ivoire	16.9	16.2	33.4	23.3	8.2	14.1	38.2	43.6	3.3	2.7
Croatia	10.5	10.6	14.4	14.5	9.1	4.2	40.5	59.4	6.2	11.3
Cuba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	7.3	8.7	28.5	27.2	7.4	3.1	39.3	47.8	5.4	13.1
Czechia	8.6	7.2	12.0	12.1	3.1	3.1	50.9	50.5	6.2	5.5
Denmark	7.3	8.0	10.1	11.0	2.9	1.3	15.7	13.3	3.3	3.5
Djibouti	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominica	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominican Republic	18.1	18.9	37.9	35.2	15.1	17.5	18.9	20.9	10.0	8.6
Ecuador	27.1	24.6	28.8	28.6	3.4	4.7	28.2	36.6	12.4	5.5
Egypt, Arab Rep.	4.3	..	27.2	..	24.2	..	37.2	..	7.0	..
El Salvador	16.0	15.6	43.8	40.9	10.6	14.1	28.5	23.3	1.1	6.0
Equatorial Guinea	33.6	25.4	17.4	21.7	3.9	9.9	8.9	15.3	36.2	27.6
Eritrea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Estonia	10.0	9.3	16.6	16.6	0.3	1.0	62.8	64.5	10.3	8.7
Eswatini	21.5	16.1	46.3	47.0	2.7	7.6	26.4	25.0	3.1	4.3
Ethiopia	18.8	20.9	10.8	14.8	4.0	9.0	57.4	51.9	9.0	3.3
Faroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	13.3	17.4	30.9	27.7	11.1	14.6	42.5	34.1	2.2	6.3
Finland	7.9	7.8	7.9	7.2	2.9	2.0	53.0	44.5	4.6	3.7
France	5.8	6.7	18.0	17.6	4.1	3.4	54.7	55.0	3.7	3.8
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	16.5	15.3	48.9	45.0	11.8	20.4	21.6	17.7	1.2	1.6
Gambia, The	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Georgia	14.2	14.0	22.5	14.4	3.4	5.9	47.1	54.2	12.8	11.6
Germany	5.1	6.2	6.3	5.7	2.8	1.4	85.6	80.3	4.2	7.7
Ghana	4.4	5.7	38.0	28.3	28.5	32.8	21.6	17.8	7.6	15.4
Greece	7.3	8.1	20.6	18.5	7.1	7.3	52.0	56.0	13.0	10.2
Greenland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	13.2	14.0	36.4	32.0	12.3	12.0	33.8	34.7	4.3	7.4
Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guinea-Bissau	42.5	32.4	41.4	38.4	4.6	14.9	11.1	11.9	0.3	2.3
Guyana	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Haiti	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Honduras	17.8	16.1	45.7	48.6	8.2	10.0	2.0	17.0	26.3	8.2
Hungary	13.1	15.3	17.7	19.0	8.0	6.6	47.7	40.2	13.5	18.8
Iceland	20.3	21.5	23.6	23.8	20.1	14.7	25.2	29.4	10.8	10.6
India	8.9	6.5	8.4	12.1	20.7	23.2	40.7	42.5	0.4	15.7
Indonesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Iran, Islamic Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Iraq	8.9	..	59.6	..	1.2	..	29.1	..	1.2	..
Ireland	10.7	15.0	24.5	26.5	9.6	3.3	40.2	38.7	2.5	3.9
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	14.2	13.1	24.4	22.3	5.9	7.7	41.0	42.6	14.5	14.3
Italy	3.1	2.9	13.1	10.9	9.4	7.6	67.3	63.1	7.1	15.5
Jamaica	..	..	39.4	38.0	29.4	22.0	..	..	..	..
Japan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Jordan	7.7	9.8	48.1	46.0	13.0	16.5	29.8	25.8	1.4	1.9
Kazakhstan	23.4	16.1	6.9	5.2	4.1	8.7	64.3	69.0	1.4	1.0
Kenya	23.7	21.3	32.7	18.4	11.8	16.4	30.6	17.4	0.3	26.4
Kiribati	45.5	29.4	38.6	31.4	0.1	0.8	12.5	35.5	3.3	2.9
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Rep.	14.8	12.5	10.3	8.8	5.3	4.4	61.8	68.5	7.7	5.8
Kosovo	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kuwait	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kyrgyz Republic	14.5	11.5	40.0	43.6	3.5	3.2	40.3	38.5	1.7	3.3
Lao PDR	28.7	17.0	50.2	54.2	6.4	17.0	7.4	11.7	7.3	0.0
Latvia	11.7	10.6	17.2	19.2	4.2	1.9	54.3	57.2	12.7	11.1
Lebanon	4.3	4.0	25.0	32.1	39.0	15.2	37.2	47.2	2.6	1.4
Lesotho	25.4	16.4	42.8	44.7	2.3	4.0	23.5	26.9	6.0	8.1
Liberia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Libya	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	8.8	6.4	16.0	15.6	5.2	1.5	62.1	69.7	7.9	6.9
Luxembourg	7.6	7.4	20.2	20.5	1.0	0.6	50.6	48.6	3.9	4.3
Madagascar	6.7	6.6	49.3	47.9	7.3	6.3	34.4	38.6	2.3	0.7
Malawi	22.9	17.9	33.1	32.5	15.9	26.3	26.7	22.7	1.4	0.6
Malaysia	16.9	11.6	32.5	29.6	11.3	14.9	38.8	43.6	0.5	0.3
Maldives	21.6	19.4	43.6	39.1	8.0	8.8	21.3	28.7	5.5	3.9
Mali	23.3	13.8	38.1	43.3	5.5	8.5	23.2	20.3	10.0	14.1
Malta	15.2	19.3	30.7	26.8	6.5	3.1	35.6	36.4	12.0	14.4
Marshall Islands	25.8	25.9	40.7	35.3	0.7	0.5	17.4	17.1	15.4	21.3
Mauritania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritius	10.7	9.6	34.5	26.6	10.2	8.4	35.0	38.3	9.6	17.0
Mexico	7.6	5.9	12.1	9.2	10.0	15.8	64.5	63.1	5.9	6.0
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	47.9	32.9	27.9	26.2	1.2	0.6	1.7	7.7	21.3	32.6
Moldova	19.6	15.9	11.4	9.5	2.5	5.1	55.0	66.0	11.4	3.5
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	11.1	11.8	18.7	9.9	13.1	6.0	53.4	72.3	3.6	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Morocco	10.1	9.0	47.5	38.5	11.0	7.9	24.6	35.2	6.7	9.3
Mozambique	16.3	14.7	55.2	62.0	11.6	11.3	16.4	11.9	0.5	0.1
Myanmar	43.1	..	15.4	..	7.0	..	20.7	..	13.8	..
Namibia	16.5	12.6	43.2	38.8	4.7	14.1	35.3	33.1	0.3	1.4
Nepal	9.4	4.4	26.1	14.1	2.7	4.1	61.8	77.2	0.0	0.3
Netherlands	6.1	6.7	7.6	7.8	3.1	1.7	77.6	76.9	5.6	7.0
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	11.6	13.9	24.5	21.6	4.6	3.0	46.5	50.0	12.9	11.5
Nicaragua	15.5	17.0	37.1	32.0	5.5	9.2	34.4	37.0	7.5	4.9
Niger	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nigeria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
North Macedonia	9.7	5.8	15.5	12.4	4.0	4.3	68.3	69.1	2.5	8.4
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	8.5	9.3	15.5	14.7	1.1	1.6	66.2	64.2	8.7	10.2
Oman	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pakistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Palau	21.8	18.4	33.5	31.0	0.7	0.5	13.3	29.4	30.8	20.7
Panama	12.6	8.2	28.5	34.0	12.8	13.4	36.2	22.8	10.0	21.7
Papua New Guinea	21.5	23.1	17.5	11.2	9.3	12.3	50.7	53.1	1.0	0.3
Paraguay	12.5	15.0	58.0	41.5	3.2	8.8	22.2	30.1	4.1	4.6
Peru	23.2	19.6	18.6	15.6	5.0	6.1	43.2	45.1	10.1	13.6
Philippines	21.5	22.3	35.4	35.0	16.7	15.3	24.8	26.5	1.7	0.8
Poland	7.1	7.4	14.2	12.3	4.8	4.8	45.6	47.6	4.0	3.2
Portugal	8.3	8.8	20.4	21.1	10.3	5.7	50.9	54.8	10.0	9.6
Puerto Rico (US)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Qatar	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Romania	10.4	8.8	14.0	19.0	4.7	3.9	61.0	57.7	9.9	10.6
Russian Federation	8.0	6.6	13.7	11.9	2.7	2.4	68.9	74.2	6.7	4.9
Rwanda	29.3	27.8	23.1	14.3	4.4	9.8	36.7	44.0	6.7	4.0
Samoa	44.0	44.8	41.6	46.1	3.2	1.7	6.6	5.4	4.6	2.0
San Marino	21.2	22.9	29.2	23.5	1.1	5.9	42.2	40.3	6.3	7.5
Sao Tome and Principe	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Saudi Arabia	18.3	27.4	57.5	48.5	0.3	3.4	10.6	11.3	13.3	9.4
Senegal	29.9	21.9	33.6	37.1	8.2	13.2	21.6	19.6	6.7	8.3
Serbia	9.0	12.7	14.5	16.7	7.3	4.0	65.7	59.5	3.6	7.1
Seychelles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sierra Leone	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Singapore	28.6	27.9	23.8	18.8	0.0	0.4	0.3	22.5	17.1	30.5
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	9.5	9.7	13.6	16.5	4.4	2.7	43.6	46.6	6.2	6.0
Slovenia	10.0	10.7	15.6	16.8	6.9	2.8	42.4	43.9	4.1	4.2
Solomon Islands	47.6	38.5	33.4	47.3	0.4	1.3	9.1	6.4	9.5	6.5
Somalia, Fed. Rep.	36.0	19.9	54.3	42.0	..	0.3	8.0	32.2	1.7	5.5
South Africa	12.8	9.0	14.1	14.1	9.1	14.2	58.3	55.0	5.8	8.8
South Sudan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Spain	2.6	2.9	7.1	5.9	7.9	5.9	77.8	80.5	4.6	4.8
Sri Lanka	10.7	6.0	28.4	18.9	25.8	49.4	23.0	21.0	12.2	4.7
St. Kitts and Nevis	26.2	28.3	40.3	35.7	7.4	2.9	26.1	33.0	..	..
St. Lucia	19.0	..	42.3	..	16.8	..	22.0	..	..	..
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	14.3	..	52.4	..	8.7	..	23.4	..	1.1	..
Sudan	12.5	..	33.7	..	6.5	..	23.5	..	..	..
Suriname	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sweden	5.9	5.4	9.2	9.2	1.5	1.4	73.0	71.5	11.1	13.8
Switzerland	6.7	7.0	7.1	7.0	1.7	1.0	75.1	74.9	9.4	10.2
Syrian Arab Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tajikistan	..	21.7	..	24.8	..	6.4	..	42.0	..	5.1
Tanzania	16.9	13.4	21.3	16.7	9.0	10.7	51.0	58.3	1.8	0.8
Thailand	24.6	19.4	28.0	22.6	5.1	5.5	35.2	40.5	7.0	12.0
Timor-Leste	40.7	28.3	16.8	14.7	0.0	0.1	14.9	14.1	27.6	42.8
Togo	34.4	16.7	39.0	31.7	10.3	16.2	11.4	32.4	4.8	3.1
Tonga	37.7	46.5	45.5	33.8	2.8	1.7	8.2	10.6	5.9	7.4
Trinidad and Tobago	21.8	..	28.6	..	6.0	..	41.7	..	2.0	..
Tunisia	4.4	..	35.1	..	5.1	..	46.2	..	9.3	..
Turkiye	11.6	8.9	24.9	20.9	6.5	11.0	49.4	42.0	7.7	29.2
Turkmenistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turks and Caicos Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	31.4	25.6	22.4	17.4	12.3	19.5	30.6	34.7	3.2	2.9
Ukraine	11.9	35.7	11.2	28.6	11.7	5.8	64.3	27.8	0.9	2.1
United Arab Emirates	36.8	28.9	36.7	32.2	..	2.3	21.1	22.4	5.4	14.2
United Kingdom	13.2	13.4	13.1	15.8	6.3	7.8	53.0	47.2	14.3	16.0
United States	7.3	6.2	9.7	8.0	7.5	12.9	65.9	63.8	9.6	9.0
Uruguay	11.7	9.5	23.0	22.2	7.2	6.4	48.6	54.1	9.6	7.9
Uzbekistan	8.8	4.9	7.6	21.3	0.2	2.9	58.2	49.0	25.2	21.7
Vanuatu	30.5	29.8	46.4	46.1	3.7	3.0	15.7	17.8	3.7	3.4
Venezuela, RB	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Viet Nam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Yemen, Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Zambia	21.0	25.4	38.5	28.0	16.9	26.5	23.0	12.6	0.6	7.6
Zimbabwe	7.6	..	49.2	..	2.0	..	33.4	..	7.8	..
World	12.5	12.0	23.8	19.0	5.9	5.8	40.4	44.9	6.0	7.3
East Asia & Pacific	21.5	17.0	23.8	21.2	5.3	3.5	35.2	37.7	7.2	5.7
Europe & Central Asia	9.2	8.8	14.4	15.8	4.4	4.2	53.6	55.0	6.2	6.9
Latin America & Caribbean	13.2	11.7	28.7	24.5	8.5	12.6	36.2	43.6	9.3	7.3
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
North America	7.2	6.7	10.2	9.1	7.2	10.3	68.2	66.4	7.1	7.6
South Asia	10.0	5.6	23.8	18.6	21.7	32.3	36.2	32.3	4.9	11.1
Sub-Saharan Africa	21.2	19.7	38.1	35.9	6.0	10.2	25.2	25.4	5.3	5.1
Low income	22.5	25.7	38.8	43.3	5.8	7.6	19.6	..	3.5	..
Lower middle income	17.4	15.9	36.2	32.6	8.2	10.8	25.6	30.0	3.2	5.0
Upper middle income	13.2	13.9	21.7	20.7	6.9	8.5	47.0	46.5	5.8	6.6
High income	9.2	8.4	15.6	16.2	5.0	3.4	51.5	54.9	7.1	9.2

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