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Government Expenditure

Total government spending as a percentage of GDP, including public services, defense, and social programs.

Coverage
45Countries
Latest Data
2026
Top Value
55.063 % of GDP
Lesotho
Source
IMF World Economic Outlook
% of GDP
Government ExpenditureGDPGDP per CapitaReal GDP GrowthGDP per CapitaShare of World GDPInflation RateUnemployment Rate

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Country Directory45 datasets

A

Angola
18.403 % of GDP2026

B

Benin
18.749 % of GDP2026
Botswana
33.393 % of GDP2026
Burkina Faso
24.948 % of GDP2026
Burundi
21.176 % of GDP2026

C

Cabo Verde
25.971 % of GDP2026
Cameroon
15.877 % of GDP2026
Central African Republic
16.64 % of GDP2026
Chad
18.638 % of GDP2026
Comoros
18.929 % of GDP2026
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the
16.239 % of GDP2026
Congo, Republic of
22.622 % of GDP2026
Côte d'Ivoire
20.879 % of GDP2026

E

Equatorial Guinea
18.307 % of GDP2026
Eritrea
31.519 % of GDP2026
Eswatini
32.842 % of GDP2026
Ethiopia
12.582 % of GDP2026

G

Gabon
26.381 % of GDP2026
Gambia, The
25.672 % of GDP2026
Ghana
18.952 % of GDP2026
Guinea
19.948 % of GDP2026
Guinea-Bissau
19.16 % of GDP2026

K

Kenya
22.859 % of GDP2026

L

Lesotho
55.063 % of GDP2026
Liberia
22.551 % of GDP2026

M

Madagascar
16.827 % of GDP2026
Malawi
30.072 % of GDP2026
Mali
25.043 % of GDP2026
Mauritius
30.575 % of GDP2026
Mozambique
30.433 % of GDP2026

N

Namibia
38.036 % of GDP2026
Niger
14.189 % of GDP2026
Nigeria
12.845 % of GDP2026

R

Rwanda
25.152 % of GDP2026

S

São Tomé and Príncipe
19.424 % of GDP2026
Senegal
26.879 % of GDP2026
Seychelles
36.856 % of GDP2026
Sierra Leone
14.117 % of GDP2026
South Africa
33.1 % of GDP2026
South Sudan, Republic of
22.332 % of GDP2026

T

Tanzania
20.485 % of GDP2026
Togo
21.508 % of GDP2026

U

Uganda
21.127 % of GDP2026

Z

Zambia
26.669 % of GDP2026
Zimbabwe
15.067 % of GDP2026

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