Government > Government spending > Government expenditure as a percentage of GDP: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Government expenditure as a percentage of GDP. Figures are according to 2011 Index of Economic Freedom.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	East TimorEast Timor	97%	2011
2	CubaCuba	78.1%	2011
3	DenmarkDenmark	51.8%	2011
4	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina	50.3%	2011
5	BelgiumBelgium	50%	2011
6	BelarusBelarus	49.6%	2011
7	AustriaAustria	49%	2011
8	Czech RepublicCzech Republic	42.9%	2011
9	CyprusCyprus	42.6%	2011
10	DominicaDominica	42.5%	2011
11	AngolaAngola	41.6%	2011
12	BarbadosBarbados	41.3%	2011
13	BrazilBrazil	41%	2011
14	EcuadorEcuador	40.8%	2011
15	CroatiaCroatia	40.7%	2011
16	DjiboutiDjibouti	40.6%	2011
17	BotswanaBotswana	40.2%	2011
18	BurundiBurundi	40%	2011
19	EstoniaEstonia	39.9%	2011
20	CanadaCanada	39.7%	2011
21	BulgariaBulgaria	37.3%	2011
22	AlgeriaAlgeria	35.4%	2011
23	BoliviaBolivia	34.8%	2011
24	BhutanBhutan	34.6%	2011
25	AustraliaAustralia	34.3%	2011
26	EgyptEgypt	34%	2011
27	AlbaniaAlbania	32.3%	2011
=28	Cape VerdeCape Verde	31.1%	2011
=28	AzerbaijanAzerbaijan	31.1%	2011
30	BelizeBelize	28.2%	2011
31	ComorosComoros	27.2%	2011
32	ColombiaColombia	26.5%	2011
33	BahrainBahrain	25.7%	2011
34	Equatorial GuineaEqu. Guinea	25.5%	2011
35	ArgentinaArgentina	24.7%	2011
36	BeninBenin	23%	2011
37	Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo, DR.	22.7%	2011
38	ChadChad	22.1%	2011
39	ArmeniaArmenia	21.8%	2011
40	Burkina FasoBurkina Faso	21.6%	2011
41	ChileChile	21.1%	2011
42	Costa RicaCosta Rica	20.9%	2011
43	ChinaChina	20.8%	2011
44	El SalvadorEl Salvador	20%	2011
45	Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire	19.7%	2011
46	Dominican RepublicDominican Rep.	19.1%	2011
47	CameroonCameroon	18.5%	2011
48	BangladeshBangladesh	15.9%	2011
49	Central African RepublicCentral Africa	15.5%	2011
50	CambodiaCambodia	13.9%	2011
51	BurmaBurma	8%	2011

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All of the top 3 countries by government spending > government expenditure as a percentage of GDP are Christian.
All of the top 2 countries by government spending > government expenditure as a percentage of GDP are Catholic.
China ranked last for government spending > government expenditure as a percentage of GDP amongst Non-religious countries in 2011.
Cuba ranked first for government spending > government expenditure as a percentage of GDP amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2011.
17 of the bottom 22 countries by government spending > government expenditure as a percentage of GDP are Hot countries.
7 of the top 9 countries by government spending > government expenditure as a percentage of GDP are European.
6 of the top 8 countries by government spending > government expenditure as a percentage of GDP are Cold countries'.
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranked first for government spending > government expenditure as a percentage of GDP amongst Eastern Europe in 2011.
Brazil ranked first for government spending > government expenditure as a percentage of GDP amongst Emerging markets in 2011.
Angola ranked first for government spending > government expenditure as a percentage of GDP amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2011.