Government Spending

Africa Ranking

billion USDSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	South Africa	69.27	2020	1	78.42
2 ↑	Nigeria	37.64	2020	3	24.97
3 ↓	Algeria	29	2019	2	30.09
4	Egypt	28.94	2020	4	23.22
5	Morocco	23.95	2020	5	22.45
6	Kenya	11.39	2018	6	10.12
7	Ethiopia	9.82	2020	7	8.82
8	Tunisia	8.02	2017	8	8.26
9	Sudan	7.13	2018	9	7.42
10	Ivory Coast	6.53	2020	10	5.92
11	Libya	5.89	2006	11	5.35
12	Botswana	5.32	2020	12	5.24
13 ↑	Tanzania	5.09	2020	14	4.75
14 ↓	Cameroon	5.04	2020	13	4.8
15	Ghana	4.81	2019	15	4.43
16 ↑	Senegal	3.75	2020	20	3.21
17	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.69	2020	17	3.59
18 ↑	Uganda	3.58	2020	21	3.1
19 ↓	Mozambique	3.31	2019	18	3.24
20 ↑	Burkina Faso	3.28	2019	22	2.93
21 ↑	Equatorial Guinea	2.92	2020	23	2.86
22 ↓	Namibia	2.82	2020	19	3.22
23 ↑	Mali	2.76	2020	24	2.72
24 ↓	Zambia	2.66	2020	16	4.12
25 ↑	Niger	2.14	2020	29	1.95
26 ↑	Madagascar	2.13	2019	30	1.87
27	Guinea	2.03	2020	27	2.07
28 ↓	Mauritius	2.01	2020	26	2.15
29 ↑	Gabon	1.86	2019	31	1.78
30 ↑	Benin	1.78	2020	32	1.48
31 ↓	Republic of the Congo	1.69	2019	28	2
32 ↑	Rwanda	1.67	2020	33	1.42
33 ↓	Zimbabwe	1.4	2020	25	2.16
34 ↑	Mauritania	1.01	2020	37	0.92
35 ↓	Togo	0.99	2019	34	1.06
36 ↓	Lesotho	0.92	2019	35	0.97
37 ↓	Swaziland	0.91	2020	35	0.97
38	Burundi	0.89	2020	38	0.73
39 ↑	Somalia	0.66	2020	40	0.59
40 ↓	Djibouti	0.61	2020	39	0.62
41	Eritrea	0.55	2011	41	0.51
42	Chad	0.51	2020	42	0.41
43 ↑	Cape Verde	0.35	2020	45	0.35
44 ↓	Sierra Leone	0.33	2020	43	0.38
45 ↓	Seychelles	0.29	2020	44	0.36
46 ↑	Guinea-Bissau	0.24	2020	47	0.21
47 ↓	Central African Republic	0.18	2020	46	0.26
48 ↑	Gambia	0.16	2020	49	0.11
49 ↓	Comoros	0.12	2020	48	0.12

Definition of Government Spending

General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in current U.S. dollars.