Government Spending (% of GDP)

Europe Ranking

percent of GDPSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Faroe Islands	29.79	2020	2	27.47
2 ↓	Iceland	27.43	2021	1	27.71
3 ↑	Sweden	26.23	2021	5	25.75
4	Netherlands	26.22	2021	4	25.95
5 ↑	Denmark	24.38	2021	7	24.66
6 ↑	France	24.3	2021	10	22.98
7 ↑	Finland	24.08	2021	8	24.29
8 ↓	Belgium	23.71	2021	6	24.7
9 ↓	Norway	23.31	2021	3	26.55
10 ↑	Germany	22.44	2021	11	22.41
11 ↓	Croatia	22.43	2021	9	23.95
12 ↑	United Kingdom	22.07	2021	25	19.4
13 ↑	San Marino	21.62	2020	24	19.52
14	Slovakia	21.54	2021	14	21.46
15 ↑	Austria	21.47	2021	16	21.2
16 ↓	Czech Republic	21.45	2021	13	21.63
17 ↓	Spain	21.42	2021	12	21.86
18 ↑	Greece	21.3	2021	23	20.03
19 ↓	Malta	20.58	2021	17	21.1
20 ↓	Hungary	20.47	2021	18	20.99
21 ↓	Estonia	20.3	2021	15	21.25
22	Slovenia	20.18	2021	22	20.56
23 ↑	Montenegro	20.17	2021	32	17.8
24 ↑	Cyprus	20.07	2021	39	14.58
25 ↓	Latvia	20.06	2021	21	20.66
26 ↓	Italy	19.8	2021	20	20.76
27 ↓	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.5	2021	19	20.81
28 ↑	Bulgaria	19.49	2020	36	16.7
29 ↓	Portugal	18.99	2021	27	19.15
30 ↓	Poland	18.38	2021	26	19.2
31 ↓	Lithuania	18.31	2021	30	18.52
32 ↓	Ukraine	18.05	2021	29	18.78
33 ↓	Romania	17.44	2021	28	18.81
34 ↓	Luxembourg	16.87	2021	31	18.33
35 ↓	Serbia	16.79	2021	33	17.49
36 ↓	Moldova	16.64	2021	34	16.98
37 ↑	Armenia	16.38	2021	38	16.04
38 ↓	Macedonia	16.28	2021	37	16.64
39 ↑	Georgia	13.97	2021	40	13.11
40 ↓	Belarus	13.68	2021	35	16.96
41	Ireland	11.96	2021	41	12.65
42	Albania	11.76	2021	42	11.87
43 ↓	Switzerland	11.65	2021	42	11.87
44	Angola	7.38	2021	44	8.2

Definition of Government Spending (% of GDP)

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.