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Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty by country

Government consumption divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage.

Countries reporting
184
Highest
99.4%
Montserrat
Lowest
6.3%
Nepal
Median
19.6%
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
10,907

What the numbers show

Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 99.4% in Montserrat; the lowest is 6.3% in Nepal.

The median across all reporting countries is 19.6%, and the mean is 20.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.

Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Macao (up 206.9%), and the largest decrease in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (down 52.2%).

Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Montserrat 99.4% 2023 up 19.0% volatile
2 Yemen 52.8% 2023 up 202.4% rising
3 Equatorial Guinea 44.4% 2023 up 186.2% falling
4 Ukraine 44.4% 2023 up 44.8% flat
5 Seychelles 43.6% 2023 up 24.3% rising
6 South Sudan 40.2% 2023 up 192.5% volatile
7 Saint Kitts and Nevis 39.9% 2023 up 33.1% rising
8 Turkmenistan 38.4% 2023 up 13.5% falling
9 Anguilla 38.3% 2023 up 32.9% volatile
10 Myanmar 36.7% 2023 up 131.6% rising
11 Botswana 36.0% 2023 down 1.3% flat
12 Bhutan 34.4% 2023 up 10.9% rising
13 Republic of Moldova 32.0% 2023 up 14.1% falling
14 Antigua and Barbuda 31.8% 2016 down 2.2% falling
15 Latvia 31.3% 2023 up 24.8% falling
16 Lesotho 31.2% 2023 up 1.4% rising
17 Cape Verde 30.7% 2023 up 52.0% rising
18 Croatia 30.1% 2023 up 5.1% flat
19 Hungary 29.9% 2023 up 7.4% rising
20 Brunei Darussalam 29.7% 2023 up 6.7% rising
21 Zimbabwe 29.6% 2023 up 69.9% flat
22 Iran, Islamic Republic of 29.4% 2023 up 7.7% rising
23 Mongolia 29.0% 2023 up 16.5% flat
24 Barbados 28.0% 2023 up 22.5% rising
25 Sweden 28.0% 2023 up 21.4% rising
26 Burundi 27.9% 2023 up 34.2% volatile
27 Bulgaria 27.6% 2023 up 7.6% falling
28 Montenegro 27.6% 2023 down 6.7% rising
29 Slovakia 27.1% 2023 down 0.7% falling
30 Malta 26.8% 2023 up 3.8% rising
31 Namibia 26.3% 2023 down 10.1% rising
32 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 26.1% 2023 down 14.8% falling
33 Uzbekistan 25.8% 2023 down 22.1% falling
34 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 25.8% 2023 down 52.2% rising
35 Israel 25.7% 2023 up 18.7% falling
36 Estonia 25.7% 2023 up 5.4% falling
37 Finland 25.7% 2023 up 11.6% rising
38 Czechia 25.6% 2023 up 4.3% falling
39 Eswatini 25.4% 2023 up 55.3% falling
40 Serbia 24.9% 2023 down 11.4% rising
41 New Zealand 24.9% 2023 up 29.1% rising
42 Aruba 24.9% 2023 down 1.1% rising
43 Iceland 24.8% 2023 down 0.2% rising
44 Mauritania 24.7% 2023 up 65.5% falling
45 Algeria 24.6% 2023 down 17.5% rising
46 North Macedonia 24.5% 2023 down 13.3% flat
47 Central African Republic 24.3% 2023 up 24.2% falling
48 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24.2% 2023 down 16.3% falling
49 Sao Tome and Principe 24.2% 2023 down 34.4% volatile
50 Bahamas 24.1% 2023 up 48.2% rising
51 Saudi Arabia 24.0% 2023 down 4.5% rising
52 Guinea 23.9% 2023 down 0.7% volatile
53 Slovenia 23.7% 2023 up 6.2% rising
54 Argentina 23.7% 2023 down 8.3% rising
55 Dominica 23.7% 2023 up 6.2% falling
56 Japan 23.6% 2023 up 24.2% falling
57 Maldives 23.6% 2023 up 29.9% rising
58 Greece 23.5% 2023 up 3.9% rising
59 France 23.3% 2023 up 11.0% rising
60 Belarus 23.3% 2023 down 1.4% falling
61 Kyrgyzstan 23.3% 2023 down 15.4% falling
62 Lithuania 22.9% 2023 down 9.2% falling
63 Russian Federation 22.7% 2023 down 8.0% falling
64 Romania 22.7% 2023 up 6.3% falling
65 Poland 22.4% 2023 up 2.3% falling
66 Jamaica 22.0% 2023 up 11.1% rising
67 Colombia 21.6% 2023 up 43.5% rising
68 Australia 21.6% 2023 up 45.2% rising
69 Chile 21.3% 2023 up 34.9% falling
70 Cyprus 21.2% 2023 up 23.8% rising
71 Canada 21.2% 2023 up 29.9% rising
72 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 21.1% 2023 up 14.1% flat
73 Djibouti 21.1% 2023 down 1.9% falling
74 Georgia 20.8% 2023 down 3.1% volatile
75 Belgium 20.6% 2023 up 6.8% rising
76 Netherlands 20.5% 2023 up 4.5% rising
77 Tunisia 20.5% 2023 down 1.0% falling
78 Mauritius 20.5% 2023 up 8.8% falling
79 Albania 20.5% 2023 up 1.3% rising
80 Congo 20.4% 2023 up 21.8% falling
81 El Salvador 20.4% 2023 up 27.1% rising
82 Iraq 20.3% 2023 down 18.3% rising
83 Denmark 20.3% 2023 down 6.6% rising
84 Morocco 20.3% 2023 up 13.7% falling
85 Tajikistan 20.2% 2023 down 10.4% falling
86 Palestine, State of 20.2% 2023 down 30.3% rising
87 Nicaragua 20.2% 2023 up 14.0% volatile
88 Armenia 20.2% 2023 down 3.9% volatile
89 Costa Rica 20.1% 2023 up 11.0% rising
90 Burkina Faso 19.9% 2023 up 48.1% rising
91 Spain 19.7% 2023 up 4.8% rising
92 Germany 19.7% 2023 up 20.5% rising
93 Fiji 19.6% 2023 up 1.1% rising
94 Jordan 19.6% 2023 down 10.7% falling
95 Guinea-Bissau 19.4% 2023 up 15.6% volatile
96 Gabon 19.4% 2023 up 9.4% rising
97 Portugal 19.3% 2023 down 1.1% rising
98 Austria 19.3% 2023 up 9.6% flat
99 Bahrain 19.0% 2023 up 7.8% rising
100 Guyana 18.9% 2023 down 30.3% rising
101 Haiti 18.9% 2023 up 160.0% volatile
102 Curacao 18.8% 2023 up 21.0% rising
103 Belize 18.7% 2023 up 6.5% falling
104 Republic of Korea 18.6% 2023 up 29.1% falling
105 Azerbaijan 18.5% 2023 up 6.8% falling
106 Uruguay 18.5% 2023 up 33.6% flat
107 Suriname 18.5% 2023 up 1.4% falling
108 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 18.4% 2014 up 43.0% falling
109 Bermuda 18.3% 2023 up 4.8% falling
110 Macao 18.0% 2023 up 206.9% volatile
111 Kazakhstan 17.8% 2023 down 3.6% falling
112 South Africa 17.8% 2023 down 2.0% rising
113 Mozambique 17.8% 2023 down 4.9% rising
114 Luxembourg 17.7% 2023 up 4.2% rising
115 Thailand 17.6% 2023 down 2.6% rising
116 Comoros 17.6% 2023 up 59.0% falling
117 Honduras 17.5% 2023 up 42.7% rising
118 Taiwan 17.4% 2023 down 4.9% falling
119 Mali 17.4% 2023 down 0.3% falling
120 Norway 17.4% 2023 up 39.9% falling
121 Türkiye 17.3% 2023 down 3.4% rising
122 Zambia 17.2% 2023 up 31.9% volatile
123 Peru 17.2% 2023 up 52.4% falling
124 Mexico 17.2% 2023 down 0.4% volatile
125 Brazil 17.0% 2023 up 3.8% rising
126 Lao People's Democratic Republic 16.9% 2023 down 38.2% flat
127 Syria 16.6% 2023 down 46.1% rising
128 Oman 16.1% 2023 down 14.9% rising
129 Kuwait 15.9% 2023 up 34.2% volatile
130 Liberia 15.8% 2023 down 11.2% rising
131 Italy 15.8% 2023 down 5.1% flat
132 Qatar 15.7% 2023 up 22.4% falling
133 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15.6% 2023 up 0.2% falling
134 Senegal 15.3% 2023 up 9.2% falling
135 Angola 15.2% 2023 down 32.0% falling
136 Trinidad and Tobago 15.2% 2023 up 22.1% rising
137 Togo 15.2% 2023 up 11.5% rising
138 Sri Lanka 14.7% 2023 up 4.4% rising
139 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 14.6% 2023 up 46.6% rising
140 Grenada 14.4% 2023 down 28.8% falling
141 Panama 14.3% 2023 up 28.4% flat
142 Cameroon 14.3% 2023 up 9.7% falling
143 Lebanon 14.2% 2023 up 23.4% volatile
144 Philippines 14.2% 2023 up 35.4% falling
145 Ecuador 14.2% 2023 up 17.2% rising
146 Rwanda 14.2% 2023 up 59.8% falling
147 Saint Lucia 14.1% 2023 down 27.4% rising
148 Madagascar 13.7% 2023 down 8.0% falling
149 China 13.4% 2023 down 15.5% rising
150 Niger 13.3% 2023 up 4.0% falling
151 Côte d'Ivoire 13.1% 2023 up 26.0% falling
152 Viet Nam 12.8% 2023 down 23.1% falling
153 Benin 12.7% 2023 up 7.7% volatile
154 Ghana 12.6% 2023 up 22.1% rising
155 Malaysia 12.5% 2023 down 20.9% falling
156 Dominican Republic 12.3% 2023 down 10.4% flat
157 Hong Kong 12.3% 2023 up 47.4% rising
158 Paraguay 12.0% 2023 up 9.6% falling
159 Gambia 11.9% 2023 up 10.0% falling
160 Singapore 11.9% 2023 down 1.7% falling
161 United States of America 11.7% 2023 up 5.2% falling
162 Kenya 10.9% 2023 up 5.7% rising
163 Sudan 10.7% 2023 down 19.6% volatile
164 Uganda 10.7% 2023 up 139.4% falling
165 Nigeria 10.6% 2023 up 24.0% volatile
166 Ethiopia 10.2% 2023 up 0.4% falling
167 Indonesia 10.0% 2023 down 20.0% rising
168 United Arab Emirates 9.8% 2023 up 15.8% rising
169 Guatemala 9.3% 2023 down 12.4% falling
170 Chad 8.8% 2023 down 36.2% falling
171 Ireland 8.7% 2023 down 28.7% falling
172 Cambodia 8.5% 2023 down 3.4% rising
173 Cayman Islands 8.2% 2015 up 2.6% rising
174 Egypt 8.0% 2023 down 43.5% volatile
175 Pakistan 8.0% 2023 down 24.2% falling
176 Somalia 7.9% 2023 up 94.7% falling
177 Switzerland 7.7% 2023 up 3.4% rising
178 Malawi 7.4% 2023 down 7.5% falling
179 India 7.4% 2023 down 23.2% falling
180 Tanzania, United Republic of 7.3% 2023 down 9.3% volatile
181 Sierra Leone 6.6% 2023 down 28.6% volatile
182 Bangladesh 6.5% 2023 up 11.6% volatile
183 British Virgin Islands 6.5% 2023 down 17.9% falling
184 Nepal 6.3% 2023 down 8.6% falling

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Indicator
Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty
Unit
% of GDP
Source
Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
184 places, 10,907 data points, 1950–2023
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Government consumption divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage.