{"formatVersion":1,"builtOn":"2026-07-30","indicator":{"id":"govSpending","name":"Government spending as a share of GDP","description":"Central government expense against the size of the economy.","unit":"percent","direction":"down","ranking":"lower_is_better"},"year":1998,"ranked":83,"rankDefinition":"One-based position after sorting by value; equal values keep catalogue order.","source":{"producer":"World Bank","dataset":"World Development Indicators","url":"https://datatopics.worldbank.org/world-development-indicators/","licence":{"name":"CC BY 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","status":"qualified","attribution":"World Bank, World Development Indicators"}},"humanPath":"/indicators/govSpending","rankingPath":"/indicators/govSpending/1998.json","viewerPath":"/app?m=govSpending&v=table&y=1998&s=value","fullSeriesPath":"/data/govSpending.json","rows":[{"rank":1,"code":"ARE","country":"United Arab Emirates","value":6.5488},{"rank":2,"code":"COD","country":"Democratic Republic of the Congo","value":8.8786},{"rank":3,"code":"GTM","country":"Guatemala","value":9.4133},{"rank":4,"code":"CMR","country":"Cameroon","value":10.121},{"rank":5,"code":"DOM","country":"Dominican Republic","value":10.196},{"rank":6,"code":"MEX","country":"Mexico","value":10.542},{"rank":7,"code":"BHS","country":"Bahamas","value":10.71},{"rank":8,"code":"TJK","country":"Tajikistan","value":11.359},{"rank":9,"code":"NIC","country":"Nicaragua","value":11.448},{"rank":10,"code":"SLV","country":"El Salvador","value":11.992},{"rank":11,"code":"IDN","country":"Indonesia","value":13.43},{"rank":12,"code":"BLZ","country":"Belize","value":14.256},{"rank":13,"code":"IND","country":"India","value":14.408},{"rank":14,"code":"KOR","country":"South Korea","value":14.738},{"rank":15,"code":"ARG","country":"Argentina","value":15.099},{"rank":16,"code":"ETH","country":"Ethiopia","value":15.614},{"rank":17,"code":"THA","country":"Thailand","value":16.456},{"rank":18,"code":"KAZ","country":"Kazakhstan","value":16.647},{"rank":19,"code":"MYS","country":"Malaysia","value":16.813},{"rank":20,"code":"PER","country":"Peru","value":16.924},{"rank":21,"code":"GEO","country":"Georgia","value":17.11},{"rank":22,"code":"CHL","country":"Chile","value":17.226},{"rank":23,"code":"BTN","country":"Bhutan","value":17.838},{"rank":24,"code":"IRN","country":"Iran","value":18.168},{"rank":25,"code":"CHE","country":"Switzerland","value":18.314},{"rank":26,"code":"MNG","country":"Mongolia","value":18.357},{"rank":27,"code":"USA","country":"United States","value":18.721},{"rank":28,"code":"AZE","country":"Azerbaijan","value":18.768},{"rank":29,"code":"BDI","country":"Burundi","value":18.988},{"rank":30,"code":"MAR","country":"Morocco","value":19.053},{"rank":31,"code":"VUT","country":"Vanuatu","value":19.138},{"rank":32,"code":"PAK","country":"Pakistan","value":19.228},{"rank":33,"code":"COL","country":"Colombia","value":19.317},{"rank":34,"code":"ZMB","country":"Zambia","value":19.61},{"rank":35,"code":"BOL","country":"Bolivia","value":19.676},{"rank":36,"code":"JPN","country":"Japan","value":19.863},{"rank":37,"code":"CAN","country":"Canada","value":20.174},{"rank":38,"code":"CRI","country":"Costa Rica","value":21.062},{"rank":39,"code":"AUS","country":"Australia","value":21.291},{"rank":40,"code":"LKA","country":"Sri Lanka","value":21.765},{"rank":41,"code":"TUR","country":"Turkey","value":21.842},{"rank":42,"code":"PNG","country":"Papua New Guinea","value":24.077},{"rank":43,"code":"TUN","country":"Tunisia","value":24.914},{"rank":44,"code":"RUS","country":"Russia","value":25.042},{"rank":45,"code":"ZAF","country":"South Africa","value":25.677},{"rank":46,"code":"BLR","country":"Belarus","value":25.904},{"rank":47,"code":"URY","country":"Uruguay","value":26.082},{"rank":48,"code":"LBN","country":"Lebanon","value":26.179},{"rank":49,"code":"JAM","country":"Jamaica","value":26.386},{"rank":50,"code":"JOR","country":"Jordan","value":28.517},{"rank":51,"code":"ISL","country":"Iceland","value":28.852},{"rank":52,"code":"ALB","country":"Albania","value":29.405},{"rank":53,"code":"BGR","country":"Bulgaria","value":30.392},{"rank":54,"code":"IRL","country":"Ireland","value":31.096},{"rank":55,"code":"DEU","country":"Germany","value":31.579},{"rank":56,"code":"ROU","country":"Romania","value":31.883},{"rank":57,"code":"CYP","country":"Cyprus","value":33.246},{"rank":58,"code":"MDA","country":"Moldova","value":33.27},{"rank":59,"code":"LVA","country":"Latvia","value":33.692},{"rank":60,"code":"GBR","country":"United Kingdom","value":33.859},{"rank":61,"code":"EST","country":"Estonia","value":35.589},{"rank":62,"code":"CZE","country":"Czechia","value":35.759},{"rank":63,"code":"NOR","country":"Norway","value":36.192},{"rank":64,"code":"PRT","country":"Portugal","value":37.132},{"rank":65,"code":"LUX","country":"Luxembourg","value":37.14},{"rank":66,"code":"SWE","country":"Sweden","value":37.463},{"rank":67,"code":"FIN","country":"Finland","value":37.557},{"rank":68,"code":"DNK","country":"Denmark","value":38.683},{"rank":69,"code":"POL","country":"Poland","value":39.087},{"rank":70,"code":"ISR","country":"Israel","value":39.154},{"rank":71,"code":"LSO","country":"Lesotho","value":39.524},{"rank":72,"code":"NLD","country":"Netherlands","value":39.617},{"rank":73,"code":"LTU","country":"Lithuania","value":40.675},{"rank":74,"code":"ITA","country":"Italy","value":41.11},{"rank":75,"code":"SVK","country":"Slovakia","value":43.567},{"rank":76,"code":"GRC","country":"Greece","value":44.18},{"rank":77,"code":"BEL","country":"Belgium","value":44.421},{"rank":78,"code":"HUN","country":"Hungary","value":45.098},{"rank":79,"code":"HRV","country":"Croatia","value":46.234},{"rank":80,"code":"FRA","country":"France","value":46.275},{"rank":81,"code":"KWT","country":"Kuwait","value":46.506},{"rank":82,"code":"AUT","country":"Austria","value":47.379},{"rank":83,"code":"SDN","country":"Sudan","value":677.31}]}