General Government Consumption

General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)·Neither end is better — this is a shape, not a score·Published by World Bank Group

We hold 56 editions of this indicator, from 1970 to 2025 — 8,045 rows in total, and 132 countries in the newest.

56 reference years (1970–2025), covering 94 to 179 countries, as published by the World Bank via its indicator API (NE.CON.GOVT.ZS). What government spends on goods and services — wages, defence, the day-to-day running of public administration — as a share of GDP. ⚠ A STRUCTURAL SHARE, NOT A SCORE: it measures the size of the state in spending terms, and neither a large nor a small one is a finding. ⚠ IT IS NOT TOTAL PUBLIC SPENDING. Investment and transfers — pensions, benefits, subsidies — are excluded, so a generous welfare state can look small here. ⚠ Years before 1970 report fewer than 80 countries and are not imported. ⚠ No rank is published, so none is stored or derived.