General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) - Country Ranking - Europe

Definition: General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Iceland 27.84 2020
2 Sweden 26.75 2020
3 Norway 26.55 2020
4 Netherlands 25.95 2020
5 France 25.07 2020
6 Belgium 24.76 2020
7 Denmark 24.66 2020
8 Finland 24.48 2020
9 Croatia 23.95 2020
10 Greece 22.77 2020
11 Montenegro 22.60 2020
12 Germany 22.41 2020
13 United Kingdom 22.35 2020
14 Spain 21.86 2020
15 Malta 21.69 2020
16 Czech Republic 21.63 2020
17 Slovak Republic 21.46 2020
18 Estonia 21.25 2020
19 Austria 21.20 2020
20 Hungary 21.11 2020
21 Italy 20.89 2020
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.82 2020
23 Slovenia 20.56 2020
24 Latvia 20.23 2020
25 Cyprus 19.97 2020
26 San Marino 19.52 2019
27 Bulgaria 19.49 2020
28 Ukraine 19.27 2020
29 Poland 19.20 2020
30 Portugal 19.15 2020
31 Romania 18.86 2020
32 Lithuania 18.52 2020
33 Luxembourg 18.33 2020
34 Serbia 17.49 2020
35 Belarus 16.91 2020
36 North Macedonia 16.79 2020
37 Moldova 16.67 2020
38 Turkey 15.18 2020
39 Ireland 12.65 2020
40 Albania 12.07 2020
41 Switzerland 11.87 2020

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Limitations and Exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual