Country finance
Government spending on welfare, healthcare, defence, education and debt interest since 1995, with debt and population, for every country. Official statistics first: each country's own COFOG figures (via Eurostat or the OECD), then the IMF, World Bank and UN. Category columns are shares of total spending.
Compare the UK, France, Germany and the US| AfghanistanPartial data | 43.8m +29.6% in 10 yrs | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.6% |
| AlbaniaPartial data · 2024 | 2.3m -14.0% in 10 yrs | 28.9% | — | — | — | — | — | 53.8% |
| AlgeriaPartial data · 2024 | 47.4m +18.5% in 10 yrs | 36.8% | — | — | — | 24.4% | — | 52.1% |
| American SamoaPartial data | 0.0m -13.0% in 10 yrs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AndorraPartial data | 0.1m +14.9% in 10 yrs | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30.3% |
| AngolaPartial data · 2024 | 39.0m +38.6% in 10 yrs | 18.4% | — | — | — | — | — | 52.9% |
| Antigua and BarbudaPartial data · 2024 | 0.1m +5.4% in 10 yrs | 19.8% | — | — | — | — | — | 70.2% |
| ArgentinaG20 · 2024 | 45.9m +5.5% in 10 yrs | 31.0% | — | — | — | — | — | 80.1% |
| ArmeniaPartial data | 3.1m +2.7% in 10 yrs | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46.9% |
| ArubaPartial data · 2024 | 0.1m +0.8% in 10 yrs | 21.2% | — | — | — | — | — | 64.8% |
| AustraliaOECD · G20 · 2024 | 27.6m +15.9% in 10 yrs | 38.9% | — | — | — | — | — | 51.9% |
| AustriaEU · OECD · 2024 | 9.2m +6.5% in 10 yrs | 55.2% | 41.3% | 17.2% | 1.3% | 9.6% | 3.1% | 81.4% |
| AzerbaijanPartial data · 2024 | 10.2m +6.2% in 10 yrs | 33.9% | — | — | — | — | — | 20.1% |
| Bahamas, ThePartial data · 2024 | 0.4m +4.6% in 10 yrs | 21.0% | — | — | — | — | — | 71.7% |
| BahrainPartial data · 2024 | 1.6m +16.8% in 10 yrs | 29.1% | — | — | — | — | — | 144.3% |
| BangladeshPartial data · 2024 | 175.7m +10.2% in 10 yrs | 12.0% | — | — | — | 16.9% | — | 42.0% |
| BarbadosPartial data · 2024 | 0.3m +1.3% in 10 yrs | 29.8% | — | — | — | 12.0% | — | 96.2% |
| BelarusPartial data | 9.1m -4.0% in 10 yrs | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31.3% |
| BelgiumEU · OECD · NATO · 2024 | 11.9m +5.9% in 10 yrs | 54.1% | 37.7% | 14.8% | 2.4% | 11.6% | 4.3% | 107.9% |
| BelizePartial data · 2024 | 0.4m +18.7% in 10 yrs | 26.3% | — | — | — | 17.6% | — | 66.9% |
| BeninPartial data · 2024 | 14.8m +30.4% in 10 yrs | 18.1% | — | — | — | — | — | 59.3% |
| BermudaPartial data | 0.1m +1.7% in 10 yrs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BhutanPartial data · 2024 | 0.8m +7.6% in 10 yrs | 27.1% | — | — | — | — | — | 102.6% |
| BoliviaPartial data · 2024 | 12.6m +14.2% in 10 yrs | 39.8% | — | — | — | 18.9% | — | 83.3% |
| Bosnia and HerzegovinaPartial data · 2024 | 3.1m -10.8% in 10 yrs | 43.3% | — | — | — | — | — | 28.8% |
| BotswanaPartial data | 2.6m +16.3% in 10 yrs | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34.0% |
| BrazilG20 · 2024 | 212.8m +5.5% in 10 yrs | 45.7% | 36.2% | — | — | — | 18.1% | 93.3% |
| British Virgin IslandsPartial data | 0.0m +15.2% in 10 yrs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brunei DarussalamPartial data | 0.5m +10.4% in 10 yrs | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.6% |
| BulgariaEU · NATO · 2024 | 6.4m -7.9% in 10 yrs | 39.2% | 36.7% | 13.8% | 3.3% | 11.0% | 1.3% | 29.9% |
| Burkina FasoPartial data · 2024 | 24.1m +28.2% in 10 yrs | 27.8% | — | — | — | — | — | 53.2% |
| BurundiPartial data · 2024 | 14.4m +30.3% in 10 yrs | 22.3% | — | — | — | — | — | 42.0% |
| Cabo VerdePartial data · 2024 | 0.5m +2.9% in 10 yrs | 26.1% | — | — | — | — | — | 115.4% |
| CambodiaPartial data · 2024 | 17.8m +14.2% in 10 yrs | 17.3% | — | — | — | — | — | 25.5% |
| CameroonPartial data | 29.9m +31.3% in 10 yrs | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40.5% |
| CanadaOECD · G20 · NATO · 2024 | 41.7m +16.7% in 10 yrs | 44.7% | 20.4% | 17.8% | — | — | 7.4% | 113.6% |
| Cayman IslandsPartial data | 0.1m +23.0% in 10 yrs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Central African RepublicPartial data · 2024 | 5.5m +19.1% in 10 yrs | 19.5% | — | — | — | — | — | 42.6% |
| ChadPartial data · 2024 | 21.0m +43.4% in 10 yrs | 18.8% | — | — | — | — | — | 33.3% |
| Channel IslandsPartial data | 0.2m +3.1% in 10 yrs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Spending, welfare, health, defence and education are general government, COFOG. Where a country has no COFOG figures, health, education and defence come from the World Bank (WHO, UNESCO and SIPRI series) and are marked on the country page.