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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.
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]
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.
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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.
In the following table, for each country/territory, IMF figures shows total population, GDP, government revenue,, government expenditure, and government expenditure per capita, in current USD, calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. [1]
Nearly every country in the world has set a central public sector unit entirely devoted to the production, harmonisation and dissemination of official statistics that the public sector and the national community need to run, monitor and evaluate their operations and policies.