Government > General government final > Consumption expenditure > Current US$: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 1.84 trillion$ | 2004 | ||
| 2 | Japan | 823.3 billion$ | 2004 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 664.77 billion$ | 2004 | |||
| 3 | Germany | 518.82 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 4 | France | 504.41 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 5 | United Kingdom | 478.91 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 6 | Italy | 357.61 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 7 | China | 317.44 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Spain | 200.13 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Canada | 190.45 billion$ | 2004 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 190.06 billion$ | 2004 | |||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 175.59 billion$ | 2004 | |||
| 10 | Brazil | 155.61 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Netherlands | 149.92 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 143.63 billion$ | 2004 | |||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 126.13 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 12 | Russia | 125.84 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 13 | Australia | 119.87 billion$ | 2004 | ||
| 14 | South Korea | 111.09 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 108.13 billion$ | 2004 | |||
| European Union average (profile) | 107.15 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 103.91 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 15 | Sweden | 97.37 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 16 | India | 91.37 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Mexico | 88.72 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Belgium | 85.52 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 73.9 billion$ | 2004 | |||
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 71.66 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 20 | Denmark | 67.02 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 21 | Norway | 60.15 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 22 | Poland | 58.86 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 55.89 billion$ | 2004 | |||
| 23 | Austria | 54.31 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 24 | South Africa | 48.34 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 25 | Turkey | 47.36 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 45.9 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 26 | Finland | 43.53 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 27 | Switzerland | 42.57 billion$ | 2004 | ||
| 28 | Portugal | 38.59 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 29 | Greece | 36.84 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 30 | Israel | 34.43 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 31 | Ireland | 28.89 billion$ | 2004 | ||
| 32 | Czech Republic | 27.72 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 26 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 33 | Indonesia | 23.67 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 34 | Colombia | 23.64 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 35 | Iran | 23.09 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 36 | Argentina | 21.77 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 37 | Nigeria | 20.89 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 38 | Thailand | 20.86 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 39 | New Zealand | 17.55 billion$ | 2004 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 17.1 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 40 | Malaysia | 16.86 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 41 | Ukraine | 16.05 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 42 | Venezuela | 15.85 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 43 | Hong Kong | 15.6 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 14.7 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 13.76 billion$ | 2002 | |||
| 45 | Chile | 13.4 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 46 | Kuwait | 12.46 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 47 | Singapore | 12.43 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 48 | Algeria | 12.42 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 12.2 billion$ | 2004 | |||
| 49 | Morocco | 11.76 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 50 | Egypt | 11.43 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 11.41 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 51 | Hungary | 11.26 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 11.21 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 10.65 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 52 | Romania | 9.77 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 53 | Philippines | 9.61 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 54 | Slovakia | 9.23 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 55 | Pakistan | 8.67 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 8.44 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 8.02 billion$ | 2002 | |||
| 56 | Peru | 8.02 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 57 | Croatia | 7.57 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 58 | Slovenia | 6.72 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 6.41 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 60 | Luxembourg | 6.04 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Belarus | 5.79 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 62 | Oman | 5.53 billion$ | 2004 | ||
| 63 | Bulgaria | 4.95 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 64 | Qatar | 4.88 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 65 | Serbia and Montenegro | 4.74 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 66 | Sudan | 4.68 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 67 | Puerto Rico | 4.64 billion$ | 1991 | ||
| 68 | Tunisia | 4.45 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 69 | Lithuania | 4.29 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 70 | Ecuador | 4.13 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 71 | Iceland | 3.91 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 72 | Syria | 3.54 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 73 | Lebanon | 3.4 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 74 | Bangladesh | 3.32 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 75 | Vietnam | 3.23 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 76 | Libya | 3.21 billion$ | 2002 | ||
| 77 | Kenya | 3.21 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 2.89 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 79 | Latvia | 2.81 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 80 | Costa Rica | 2.77 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.6 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 82 | Botswana | 2.54 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 2.51 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 83 | Estonia | 2.39 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 84 | Yemen | 2.36 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 85 | Uzbekistan | 2.29 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 2.2 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| failed states average (profile) | 2.02 billion$ | 2002 | |||
| 86 | Sri Lanka | 1.99 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 87 | Jordan | 1.94 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 88 | Guatemala | 1.88 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 89 | Bahrain | 1.88 billion$ | 2004 | ||
| 90 | Uruguay | 1.88 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 91 | Panama | 1.77 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 92 | Cameroon | 1.76 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 93 | Tanzania | 1.64 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 94 | Ghana | 1.64 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 95 | El Salvador | 1.63 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 96 | Angola | 1.63 billion$ | 1994 | ||
| 97 | Cyprus | 1.62 billion$ | 1999 | ||
| 98 | Ethiopia | 1.59 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 99 | Jamaica | 1.45 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 100 | Namibia | 1.44 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 1.37 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 102 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.35 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 103 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.34 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 104 | Bolivia | 1.33 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 105 | Uganda | 1.26 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 106 | Malta | 1.21 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 107 | Georgia | 1.18 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 108 | Honduras | 1.14 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 109 | Senegal | 1.12 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 110 | Turkmenistan | 1.07 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 111 | Zambia | 976.17 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 112 | Mauritius | 905.53 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 113 | Zimbabwe | 898.56 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 114 | Macau | 787.08 million$ | 2002 | ||
| 115 | Albania | 782.99 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 116 | Paraguay | 760.14 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 117 | Nepal | 753.93 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 118 | Swaziland | 752.68 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 119 | Congo, Republic of the | 731.8 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 120 | French Polynesia | 699.17 million$ | 2000 | ||
| 121 | Mozambique | 680.93 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 122 | Burkina Faso | 661.08 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 123 | Benin | 642.88 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 124 | Afghanistan | 630.29 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 125 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 588.98 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 126 | Barbados | 584.7 million$ | 2004 | ||
| 127 | Papua New Guinea | 578.81 million$ | 1999 | ||
| 128 | Gabon | 568.52 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 129 | Nicaragua | 546.2 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 130 | Mali | 527.61 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 131 | Armenia | 521.82 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 132 | Kyrgyzstan | 460.11 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 133 | Moldova | 453.32 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 134 | Eritrea | 432.58 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 135 | Suriname | 418.4 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 136 | Mauritania | 416.03 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 137 | Madagascar | 409.62 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 138 | Niger | 390.73 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 139 | Brunei | 363.46 million$ | 1983 | ||
| 140 | Malawi | 346.13 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 141 | The Bahamas | 326.4 million$ | 1987 | ||
| 142 | Fiji | 293.95 million$ | 2000 | ||
| 143 | Rwanda | 287.19 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 144 | Mongolia | 283.98 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 145 | Chad | 270.42 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 146 | Cambodia | 255.85 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 147 | Guyana | 245 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 148 | New Caledonia | 237.76 million$ | 1990 | ||
| 149 | Haiti | 234.96 million$ | 2003 | ||
| 150 | Burundi | 227.46 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 151 | Lesotho | 220.17 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 152 | Togo | 211.77 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 153 | Tajikistan | 211.56 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 154 | Antigua and Barbuda | 204.04 million$ | 2002 | ||
| 155 | Djibouti | 195.73 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 156 | Maldives | 187.91 million$ | 2004 | ||
| 157 | Saint Lucia | 178.48 million$ | 2004 | ||
| 158 | Guinea | 177.18 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 159 | East Timor | 173.5 million$ | 2004 | ||
| 160 | Seychelles | 165.45 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 161 | Belize | 159.35 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 162 | Sierra Leone | 154.04 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 163 | Bhutan | 144.12 million$ | 2004 | ||
| 164 | Somalia | 133.83 million$ | 1984 | ||
| 165 | Central African Republic | 123.24 million$ | 2002 | ||
| 166 | Cape Verde | 117.54 million$ | 2003 | ||
| 167 | Equatorial Guinea | 95.59 million$ | 1998 | ||
| 168 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 83.06 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 169 | Grenada | 80.67 million$ | 2004 | ||
| 170 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 80.53 million$ | 2004 | ||
| 171 | Vanuatu | 65.62 million$ | 1999 | ||
| 172 | Laos | 65.05 million$ | 1988 | ||
| 173 | Federated States of Micronesia | 62.1 million$ | 1983 | ||
| 174 | Liberia | 59.09 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 175 | Solomon Islands | 58.13 million$ | 1990 | ||
| 176 | Guinea-Bissau | 54.79 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 177 | Dominica | 52.56 million$ | 2003 | ||
| 178 | Comoros | 47.22 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 179 | The Gambia | 44.33 million$ | 2004 | ||
| 180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 30.32 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 181 | Tonga | 26.33 million$ | 2004 | ||
| 182 | Kiribati | 18.39 million$ | 1992 |
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Interesting observations about Government > General government final > Consumption expenditure > Current US$
- United States has had the highest general government final > consumption expenditure > current US$ since 1960.
- Brazil ranked first for general government final > consumption expenditure > current US$ amongst Hot countries in 2005.
- Saudi Arabia ranked first for general government final > consumption expenditure > current US$ amongst Muslim countries in 2005.
- China ranked first for general government final > consumption expenditure > current US$ amongst Emerging markets in 2005.
- Germany ranked first for general government final > consumption expenditure > current US$ amongst Europe in 2005.
- South Africa ranked first for general government final > consumption expenditure > current US$ amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2005.
- France ranked first for general government final > consumption expenditure > current US$ amongst Catholic countries in 2005.
- Russia ranked first for general government final > consumption expenditure > current US$ amongst Former Soviet republics in 2005.
- Japan ranked second for general government final > consumption expenditure > current US$ globally in 2004.
- Austria ranked first for general government final > consumption expenditure > current US$ amongst Landlocked countries in 2005.
