Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget (%) by country
Countries reporting
174
Highest
140.4%
Libya
Lowest
0.8%
Kiribati
Median
98.9%
Years covered
22
2004–2025
Data points
2,583
What the numbers show
Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget (%) is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 140.4% in Libya; the lowest is 0.8% in Kiribati.
The median across all reporting countries is 98.9%, and the mean is 97.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 182.
Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Lithuania (up 1,358.6%), and the largest decrease in Kiribati (down 93.9%).
Primary government expenditures as a proportion … United Nations: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 140.4% | 2023 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 2 | Nicaragua | 134.6% | 2021 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 3 | Slovakia | 133.5% | 2022 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 4 | Argentina | 128.2% | 2021 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 127.9% | 2021 | up 91.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 125.7% | 2021 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 125.6% | 2024 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 8 | Guinea | 124.8% | 2025 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 9 | Japan | 123.0% | 2022 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 122.1% | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 11 | Hungary | 122.0% | 2022 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 12 | Czechia | 117.4% | 2022 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 13 | Rwanda | 117.1% | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 14 | Lithuania | 115.6% | 2022 | up 1,358.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 114.5% | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 16 | Montenegro | 114.1% | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 17 | Mauritius | 113.9% | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 18 | South Sudan | 113.7% | 2024 | up 24.3% | flat |
| 19 | Anguilla | 113.5% | 2022 | up 19.9% | flat |
| 20 | Italy | 112.4% | 2022 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 21 | French Polynesia | 111.6% | 2020 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 22 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 111.5% | 2021 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 23 | Slovenia | 111.4% | 2022 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 24 | Guyana | 111.3% | 2022 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 25 | Latvia | 109.4% | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 26 | Cook Islands | 109.0% | 2020 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 27 | Philippines | 108.8% | 2024 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 28 | Malta | 108.6% | 2022 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 29 | Spain | 108.0% | 2022 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 30 | Romania | 107.7% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 31 | Cyprus | 107.6% | 2022 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 32 | Mexico | 107.2% | 2021 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 107.0% | 2021 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 34 | Austria | 107.0% | 2022 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 35 | Ireland | 106.6% | 2022 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 36 | Grenada | 106.5% | 2022 | up 74.4% | falling |
| 37 | Myanmar | 106.5% | 2025 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 38 | Belgium | 105.8% | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 39 | Malawi | 105.5% | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 40 | Namibia | 105.5% | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 41 | Norway | 105.3% | 2022 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 42 | El Salvador | 104.9% | 2022 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 43 | Azerbaijan | 104.8% | 2024 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 44 | Estonia | 103.9% | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 45 | Germany | 103.8% | 2022 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 46 | Malaysia | 103.8% | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 47 | France | 103.3% | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 48 | Jamaica | 103.3% | 2024 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 49 | Tunisia | 103.2% | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 50 | Zambia | 103.1% | 2025 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 51 | Portugal | 103.0% | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 52 | Togo | 102.3% | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 53 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 102.3% | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 54 | Seychelles | 102.1% | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 55 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 101.7% | 2022 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 56 | Serbia | 101.5% | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 57 | Bhutan | 101.2% | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 58 | Belize | 101.1% | 2022 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 59 | Indonesia | 101.0% | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 60 | South Africa | 100.9% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 61 | Brazil | 100.8% | 2021 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 62 | Cote d'Ivoire | 100.8% | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 62 | Côte d'Ivoire | 100.8% | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 64 | Ecuador | 100.7% | 2022 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 65 | Australia | 100.6% | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 66 | Chile | 100.6% | 2022 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 67 | Albania | 100.5% | 2022 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 68 | Kazakhstan | 100.5% | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 69 | New Caledonia | 100.5% | 2018 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 70 | Georgia | 100.4% | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 71 | Thailand | 100.2% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 72 | Gambia | 100.1% | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 73 | Eswatini | 100.1% | 2023 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 74 | Honduras | 99.9% | 2021 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 75 | Congo | 99.9% | 2018 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 76 | Maldives | 99.8% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 77 | Algeria | 99.8% | 2019 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 78 | Tajikistan | 99.8% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 79 | Moldova | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 79 | Republic of Moldova | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 81 | Morocco | 99.5% | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 82 | Oman | 99.4% | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.4% | 2023 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | 99.4% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 85 | Ethiopia | 99.2% | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 86 | Greenland | 99.2% | 2020 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 87 | Liberia | 98.9% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 88 | Burkina Faso | 98.9% | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 89 | China | 98.8% | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 90 | Senegal | 98.8% | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 91 | Switzerland | 98.8% | 2019 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 92 | India | 98.7% | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 93 | Belarus | 98.3% | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 94 | Vietnam | 98.3% | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 94 | Viet Nam | 98.3% | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 96 | Benin | 98.3% | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 97 | United Republic of Tanzania | 98.2% | 2025 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 98 | Guinea-Bissau | 98.1% | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 99 | Uruguay | 97.8% | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 100 | Jordan | 97.3% | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 101 | Turkey | 97.2% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 101 | Türkiye | 97.2% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 103 | Solomon Islands | 96.7% | 2019 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 104 | Saint Lucia | 96.7% | 2022 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 105 | Egypt | 96.7% | 2022 | up 12.3% | flat |
| 106 | Lesotho | 96.4% | 2023 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 107 | North Macedonia | 96.4% | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 108 | Fiji | 96.4% | 2025 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 109 | Poland | 96.3% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 110 | Ukraine | 96.1% | 2025 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 111 | Laos | 95.8% | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 111 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 95.8% | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 113 | Papua New Guinea | 95.8% | 2025 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 114 | Tonga | 95.6% | 2022 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 115 | Costa Rica | 95.6% | 2021 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 116 | Antigua and Barbuda | 95.5% | 2019 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 117 | Lebanon | 95.3% | 2020 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 118 | Palau | 94.9% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 119 | Croatia | 94.8% | 2022 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 120 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 94.3% | 2022 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 121 | Mongolia | 94.2% | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 122 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 94.1% | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 123 | Armenia | 93.9% | 2024 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 124 | Russia | 93.7% | 2022 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 124 | Russian Federation | 93.7% | 2022 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 126 | Gabon | 92.2% | 2020 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 127 | Dominica | 92.1% | 2022 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 128 | Sri Lanka | 92.1% | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 129 | Peru | 91.6% | 2022 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 130 | Colombia | 91.4% | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 131 | State of Palestine | 91.2% | 2024 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 132 | Cambodia | 91.2% | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 91.1% | 2022 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 134 | Pakistan | 91.1% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 135 | Mozambique | 90.7% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 136 | Mali | 90.3% | 2024 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 137 | Kosovo | 90.0% | 2022 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 138 | Paraguay | 89.9% | 2021 | up 25.7% | flat |
| 139 | Kuwait | 89.8% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 140 | Kenya | 89.8% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 141 | Finland | 89.2% | 2022 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 142 | Niue | 88.9% | 2019 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 143 | Uganda | 88.7% | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 144 | Panama | 87.9% | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 145 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 87.5% | 2024 | up 76.7% | falling |
| 146 | Chad | 87.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 147 | Botswana | 86.6% | 2025 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 148 | Mauritania | 86.2% | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 149 | Bulgaria | 85.9% | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 150 | Cabo Verde | 84.7% | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 151 | Samoa | 84.4% | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 152 | East Timor | 84.1% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 152 | Timor-Leste | 84.1% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 154 | Bangladesh | 83.2% | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 155 | Suriname | 82.7% | 2020 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 156 | Burundi | 82.4% | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 157 | Nepal | 79.1% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 158 | Haiti | 78.9% | 2022 | up 70.3% | falling |
| 159 | Iraq | 78.2% | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 160 | Comoros | 77.2% | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 161 | Sudan | 76.4% | 2022 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 162 | Angola | 73.5% | 2023 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 163 | Afghanistan | 73.2% | 2024 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 164 | Vanuatu | 71.7% | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 165 | Somalia | 71.4% | 2025 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 166 | Niger | 67.7% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 167 | Guatemala | 66.6% | 2021 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 168 | Sao Tome and Principe | 66.4% | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 169 | Marshall Islands | 62.1% | 2023 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 170 | Madagascar | 60.6% | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 171 | Ghana | 54.9% | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 172 | Cameroon | 42.6% | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 173 | Nigeria | 37.7% | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 174 | Kiribati | 0.8% | 2022 | down 93.9% | volatile |