Financial Sector » General Government finance - General government total expenditure in % of GDP

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Total expenditure consists of total expense and the net acquisition of non-financial assets. Note: Apart from being on an accrual basis, total expenditure differs from the GFSM 1986 definition of total expenditure in the sense that it also takes the disposals of non-financial assets into account.

General government total expenditure in % of GDP (%)

	1990	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Brazil			43.4	42.2	42.1	41.9	42.5	44.2	49.2	48.6	48.3	47.5	46.8	49.9	42.9	45.6	47.9
Dominica	31.5	38.5	31.0	39.4	35.2	36.2	33.4	32.7	32.4	48.0	54.0	63.4	48.3	66.8	67.0	69.7	47.6
Canada	48.1	40.6	38.5	43.1	41.6	40.9	40.0	38.4	40.0	40.8	40.5	40.7	40.6	52.4	45.4	41.0	42.4
St. Kitts and Nevis	19.3	34.6	34.7	31.2	30.3	27.2	28.6	28.0	29.1	26.0	25.5	33.8	37.3	36.5	41.2	49.6	41.6
Ecuador		24.3	22.0	35.4	39.6	43.2	46.8	46.0	44.1	44.2	40.5	41.0	39.8	40.2	37.4	38.7	39.7
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	23.7	23.8	26.7	31.1	29.4	26.3	29.5	30.4	27.6	27.1	26.6	26.3	29.1	32.7	37.9	37.5	38.1
United States			33.9	39.8	38.8	37.2	35.8	35.3	35.0	35.3	35.2	35.3	35.8	44.6	42.8	36.8	38.1
Argentina		25.2	24.4	33.4	34.9	36.8	37.6	38.9	41.4	41.5	41.1	38.9	38.1	42.5	37.8	37.8	36.4
Bolivia	22.8	29.3	33.2	31.5	35.4	36.0	38.4	43.3	44.6	39.9	38.6	37.1	36.1	38.0	34.4	36.0	35.3
Colombia	17.4	26.6	25.9	30.4	30.2	29.1	30.0	31.3	31.3	30.0	29.3	34.7	32.9	33.5	34.3	33.9	35.0
El Salvador	15.9	21.0	22.4	25.6	25.3	27.4	28.5	27.6	27.1	27.5	27.8	27.3	27.2	32.7	31.7	28.8	31.0
Jamaica	23.2	26.4	29.3	33.2	32.0	29.8	27.0	26.7	27.3	28.2	28.6	29.4	29.7	32.6	30.1	29.8	30.9
Uruguay		26.6	26.3	27.4	26.3	27.7	28.8	29.1	28.4	29.7	29.7	30.3	30.5	32.7	30.2	30.2	30.8
Grenada	29.0	25.6	26.6	28.0	28.3	26.2	28.1	28.7	25.3	23.5	22.6	22.4	21.6	32.7	31.2	31.8	30.0
Trinidad and Tobago	27.9	24.1	27.9	31.5	30.4	29.7	31.6	32.8	33.9	31.1	30.7	29.5	30.5	35.1	31.1	27.5	29.8
Mexico	22.9	19.4	21.2	26.5	26.6	27.0	26.7	26.9	26.6	26.5	25.0	25.0	25.2	27.8	26.8	28.6	28.7
Barbados		22.5	30.8	33.5	31.6	34.6	35.2	33.1	35.0	33.6	32.9	29.3	25.4	35.0	32.9	31.0	28.6
Chile	21.0	22.9	20.2	23.5	22.9	23.1	23.1	23.9	25.0	25.4	25.5	25.6	26.5	29.1	33.6	26.6	26.9
Nicaragua		20.6	21.3	22.6	23.5	24.1	24.2	24.6	25.3	26.8	27.3	27.6	27.6	29.3	30.4	28.9	26.5
Suriname	22.7	24.4	22.2	21.0	21.0	26.7	26.9	27.2	29.1	27.1	27.2	26.2	40.5	30.2	32.1	29.5	26.4
Honduras	19.4	22.1	23.6	26.5	25.9	26.4	29.6	27.6	26.0	27.4	26.9	26.2	25.7	27.8	28.4	23.8	26.0
The Bahamas	11.4	11.6	12.9	15.4	17.1	17.0	18.2	18.3	18.7	19.6	23.6	19.7	20.3	25.9	31.8	26.8	24.9
Belize		24.4	22.1	23.4	23.6	22.3	24.0	25.0	27.9	27.6	27.7	26.9	27.5	33.1	25.8	23.0	23.7
Paraguay	9.9	19.6	14.6	14.6	15.5	18.4	17.3	17.6	20.1	19.1	19.1	20.2	22.5	25.5	24.3	23.4	23.7
St. Lucia	16.5	20.9	25.3	25.9	26.9	27.7	25.1	23.4	23.5	22.6	23.1	23.1	25.0	33.1	27.0	23.3	23.6
Guyana		22.9	28.4	23.9	23.5	21.8	21.4	23.1	21.7	25.2	26.3	27.6	28.1	30.5	26.0	20.5	23.5
Peru		21.7	20.4	21.0	19.8	20.3	21.5	22.5	22.2	20.9	21.0	21.2	21.2	26.8	23.5	23.4	22.4
Antigua and Barbuda	18.9	23.0	24.1	22.6	23.9	21.1	23.2	23.0	26.7	24.7	23.6	22.3	22.8	25.9	24.0	23.5	22.2
Panama		22.8	22.4	24.0	23.4	22.8	23.2	22.4	21.3	21.3	21.4	22.2	21.0	27.3	23.7	21.4	21.1
Dominican Republic		14.1	15.5	16.0	16.0	19.8	18.5	17.0	16.7	17.0	17.1	16.4	17.9	22.1	18.5	18.5	19.3
Costa Rica	18.9	16.9	15.9	18.0	17.2	17.3	18.5	18.4	18.8	18.8	19.2	18.9	21.7	22.3	20.8	19.2	18.4
Venezuela	31.9	28.3	33.5	31.1	39.4	38.0	36.5	31.6	22.9	19.7	21.8	37.2	20.1	9.5	11.9	14.3	14.4
Guatemala		13.6	13.2	14.5	14.5	14.2	14.0	13.6	12.6	12.6	12.8	13.2	13.4	15.6	13.5	14.4	14.0
Haiti		6.2	8.7	12.6	14.1	16.4	15.9	14.6	12.7	10.5	10.2	11.3	9.6	10.0	9.3	8.3	5.8

General government total expenditure in % of GDP (%)

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