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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.".
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Germany | 655.89 billion | 2009 | ||
2 | France | 652.58 billion | 2009 | ||
3 | United Kingdom | 510.02 billion | 2009 | ||
4 | Italy | 455.4 billion | 2009 | ||
5 | Spain | 309.49 billion | 2009 | ||
6 | Netherlands | 225.96 billion | 2009 | ||
7 | Belgium | 116.25 billion | 2009 | ||
8 | Sweden | 112.84 billion | 2009 | ||
9 | Denmark | 92.58 billion | 2009 | ||
10 | Poland | 82.15 billion | 2009 | ||
11 | Austria | 76.01 billion | 2009 | ||
12 | Greece | 63.13 billion | 2009 | ||
13 | Finland | 59.74 billion | 2009 | ||
14 | Portugal | 49.18 billion | 2009 | ||
15 | Ireland | 43.19 billion | 2009 | ||
16 | Czech Republic | 42.06 billion | 2009 | ||
17 | Romania | 24.44 billion | 2009 | ||
18 | Slovakia | 17.2 billion | 2009 | ||
19 | Hungary | 14.66 billion | 2008 | ||
20 | Croatia | 12.43 billion | 2009 | ||
21 | Slovenia | 9.8 billion | 2009 | ||
22 | Lithuania | 9.1 billion | 2008 | ||
23 | Luxembourg | 8.82 billion | 2009 | ||
24 | Bulgaria | 7.92 billion | 2009 | ||
25 | Latvia | 5.53 billion | 2009 | ||
26 | Cyprus | 4.66 billion | 2008 | ||
27 | Estonia | 4.23 billion | 2009 | ||
28 | Malta | 1.44 billion | 2007 |
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