{"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":2001,"ranked":82,"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/2001.json","viewerPath":"/app?m=govSpending&v=table&y=2001&s=value","fullSeriesPath":"/data/govSpending.json","rows":[{"rank":1,"code":"COD","country":"Democratic Republic of the Congo","value":5.6492},{"rank":2,"code":"BGD","country":"Bangladesh","value":7.8528},{"rank":3,"code":"CIV","country":"Côte d'Ivoire","value":8.2941},{"rank":4,"code":"MLI","country":"Mali","value":9.2621},{"rank":5,"code":"TJK","country":"Tajikistan","value":9.4816},{"rank":6,"code":"BHS","country":"Bahamas","value":10.423},{"rank":7,"code":"DOM","country":"Dominican Republic","value":12.17},{"rank":8,"code":"GTM","country":"Guatemala","value":13.399},{"rank":9,"code":"KAZ","country":"Kazakhstan","value":13.568},{"rank":10,"code":"ZMB","country":"Zambia","value":14.104},{"rank":11,"code":"NIC","country":"Nicaragua","value":14.415},{"rank":12,"code":"BLZ","country":"Belize","value":14.423},{"rank":13,"code":"ETH","country":"Ethiopia","value":14.513},{"rank":14,"code":"IND","country":"India","value":15.546},{"rank":15,"code":"THA","country":"Thailand","value":15.743},{"rank":16,"code":"KOR","country":"South Korea","value":15.758},{"rank":17,"code":"JPN","country":"Japan","value":15.999},{"rank":18,"code":"GEO","country":"Georgia","value":16.059},{"rank":19,"code":"PHL","country":"Philippines","value":16.376},{"rank":20,"code":"ARG","country":"Argentina","value":16.992},{"rank":21,"code":"CHE","country":"Switzerland","value":17.304},{"rank":22,"code":"SWZ","country":"Eswatini","value":17.356},{"rank":23,"code":"IRN","country":"Iran","value":17.546},{"rank":24,"code":"PER","country":"Peru","value":18.244},{"rank":25,"code":"CAN","country":"Canada","value":18.711},{"rank":26,"code":"GHA","country":"Ghana","value":18.712},{"rank":27,"code":"MYS","country":"Malaysia","value":18.745},{"rank":28,"code":"BTN","country":"Bhutan","value":19.383},{"rank":29,"code":"USA","country":"United States","value":19.51},{"rank":30,"code":"CHL","country":"Chile","value":20.057},{"rank":31,"code":"COG","country":"Congo","value":21.511},{"rank":32,"code":"MNG","country":"Mongolia","value":22.051},{"rank":33,"code":"MDA","country":"Moldova","value":22.279},{"rank":34,"code":"CRI","country":"Costa Rica","value":22.759},{"rank":35,"code":"RUS","country":"Russia","value":22.759},{"rank":36,"code":"SLV","country":"El Salvador","value":22.97},{"rank":37,"code":"LKA","country":"Sri Lanka","value":23.813},{"rank":38,"code":"TTO","country":"Trinidad and Tobago","value":23.862},{"rank":39,"code":"BOL","country":"Bolivia","value":24.245},{"rank":40,"code":"ZAF","country":"South Africa","value":24.341},{"rank":41,"code":"TUN","country":"Tunisia","value":24.833},{"rank":42,"code":"AUS","country":"Australia","value":26.128},{"rank":43,"code":"UKR","country":"Ukraine","value":26.702},{"rank":44,"code":"BLR","country":"Belarus","value":26.871},{"rank":45,"code":"JAM","country":"Jamaica","value":26.876},{"rank":46,"code":"PNG","country":"Papua New Guinea","value":26.923},{"rank":47,"code":"JOR","country":"Jordan","value":26.988},{"rank":48,"code":"URY","country":"Uruguay","value":27.27},{"rank":49,"code":"NAM","country":"Namibia","value":28.897},{"rank":50,"code":"IRL","country":"Ireland","value":28.98},{"rank":51,"code":"LBN","country":"Lebanon","value":29.009},{"rank":52,"code":"AGO","country":"Angola","value":29.016},{"rank":53,"code":"ISL","country":"Iceland","value":29.258},{"rank":54,"code":"LVA","country":"Latvia","value":29.702},{"rank":55,"code":"DEU","country":"Germany","value":30.417},{"rank":56,"code":"EST","country":"Estonia","value":31.34},{"rank":57,"code":"NZL","country":"New Zealand","value":31.551},{"rank":58,"code":"NOR","country":"Norway","value":32.724},{"rank":59,"code":"ROU","country":"Romania","value":33.163},{"rank":60,"code":"SWE","country":"Sweden","value":33.225},{"rank":61,"code":"FIN","country":"Finland","value":33.257},{"rank":62,"code":"LSO","country":"Lesotho","value":33.571},{"rank":63,"code":"BGR","country":"Bulgaria","value":33.8},{"rank":64,"code":"CYP","country":"Cyprus","value":33.933},{"rank":65,"code":"GBR","country":"United Kingdom","value":34.261},{"rank":66,"code":"LTU","country":"Lithuania","value":35.03},{"rank":67,"code":"LUX","country":"Luxembourg","value":35.249},{"rank":68,"code":"DNK","country":"Denmark","value":35.785},{"rank":69,"code":"CZE","country":"Czechia","value":36.507},{"rank":70,"code":"PRT","country":"Portugal","value":38.056},{"rank":71,"code":"NLD","country":"Netherlands","value":38.062},{"rank":72,"code":"POL","country":"Poland","value":39.656},{"rank":73,"code":"ITA","country":"Italy","value":39.863},{"rank":74,"code":"HUN","country":"Hungary","value":40.901},{"rank":75,"code":"ISR","country":"Israel","value":42.392},{"rank":76,"code":"BEL","country":"Belgium","value":43.037},{"rank":77,"code":"KWT","country":"Kuwait","value":43.505},{"rank":78,"code":"HRV","country":"Croatia","value":43.712},{"rank":79,"code":"GRC","country":"Greece","value":43.803},{"rank":80,"code":"SVK","country":"Slovakia","value":43.831},{"rank":81,"code":"FRA","country":"France","value":45.126},{"rank":82,"code":"AUT","country":"Austria","value":46.815}]}