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A positive (+) number indicates that revenues exceeded expenditures (a budget surplus), while a negative (-) number indicates the reverse (a budget deficit). Normalizing the data, by dividing the budget balance by GDP, enables easy comparisons across countries and indicates whether a national government saves or borrows money.
This article lists countries alphabetically, with total government expenditure as percentage of Gross domestic product (GDP) for the listed countries. Also stated is the government revenue and net lending/borrowing of the government as percentage of GDP. All Data is based on the World Economic Outlook Databook of the International Monetary Fund.
The following table shows the most recent values (for 2023) as well as three previous ones (if available) of gross fixed capital formation, expressed in millions of current US dollars [3] and as percentage of GDP, [4] based on data published by World Bank. Sorting is alphabetical by country code, according to ISO 3166-1 alpha-3.
For most other countries the total budget is shown. Although Germany is a federation, the statistics for Germany represent total general government spending. [3] Similar to Germany, Russia has a federative structure and a three layer budget system, here the total government spending is shown. [4]
Transport infrastructure by country (210 C) Water supply and sanitation by country (125 C, 14 P) Water supply infrastructure by country (13 C, 1 P).
Public expenditure is spending made by the government of a country on collective or individual needs and wants of public goods and public services, such as pension, healthcare, security, education subsidies, emergency services, infrastructure, etc. [6] Until the 19th century, public expenditure was limited due to laissez faire philosophies.
Expenditure-based GDP is total final expenditures at purchasers' prices (including the f.o.b. value of exports of goods and services), less the f.o.b. value of imports of goods and services. Total expenditure consists of total expense and the net acquisition of nonfinancial assets.
Social Security spending will increase sharply over the next decades, largely due to the retirement of the baby boom generation. The number of program recipients is expected to increase from 44 million in 2010 to 73 million in 2030. [30] Program spending is projected to rise from 4.8% of GDP in 2010 to 5.9% of GDP by 2030, where it will ...