Data for 2015

General Government Consumption, 2015

Name: General Government Consumption, 2015
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2015, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 2015 covers 178 countries. Timor-Leste is highest, at 58.944; Somalia is lowest, at 5.322. The middle country reads 16.804. Against 2014, 175 values changed (87 up, 88 down), 3 countries joined.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 2015

HighestTimor-Leste

58.944

LowestSomalia

5.322

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

178countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
178distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of General Government Consumption, 2015, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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General Government Consumption, 2015: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	58.944
2	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	56.176
3	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	55.567
4	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	50.836
5	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	44.199
6	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	36.944
7	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	32.206
8	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	31.639
9	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	31.089
10	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	29.565
11	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	28.915
12	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	28.258
13	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	28.257
14	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	28.256
15	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	27.229
16	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	25.895
17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	25.626
18	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	25.515
19	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	25.062
20	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	25.010
21	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	24.859
22	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	24.764
23	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	24.638
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	24.570
25	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	24.192
26	France`FRA`Western Europe	24.070
27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	23.861
28	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	23.834
29	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	23.673
30	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	23.256
31	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	22.724
32	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.671
33	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	22.588
34	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	22.456
35	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	22.290
36	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	21.972
37	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	21.970
38	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	21.922
39	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	21.293
40	Canada`CAN`Northern America	20.878
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	20.805
42	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.524
43	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	20.458
44	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.259
45	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	20.227
46	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	20.152
47	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	20.129
48	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	19.991
49	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	19.911
50	Brazil`BRA`South America	19.777
51	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	19.696
52	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	19.629
53	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	19.502
54	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	19.331
55	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19.306
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	19.254
57	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	19.234
58	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	19.173
59	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	19.161
60	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	19.134
61	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19.111
62	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	19.003
63	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	18.985
64	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	18.952
65	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	18.924
66	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	18.921
67	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	18.878
68	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	18.666
69	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	18.500
70	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	18.258
71	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	18.178
72	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	18.156
73	Argentina`ARG`South America	18.098
74	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	18.082
75	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	17.906
76	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	17.905
77	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	17.850
78	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	17.765
79	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	17.755
80	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	17.516
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	17.495
82	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	17.295
83	Belize`BLZ`Central America	17.182
84	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	17.149
85	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	17.121
86	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	16.976
87	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	16.960
88	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	16.931
89	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	16.884
90	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	16.724
91	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.609
92	Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.498
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	16.497
94	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	16.438
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	16.258
96	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	16.089
97	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	15.968
98	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	15.944
99	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	15.720
100	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	15.569
101	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.374
102	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	15.194
103	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	15.140
104	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	15.107
105	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	14.922
106	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	14.872
107	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	14.816
108	Colombia`COL`South America	14.812
109	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	14.781
110	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	14.777
111	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.618
112	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	14.610
113	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	14.393
114	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	14.346
115	Honduras`HND`Central America	14.305
116	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14.299
117	United States`USA`Northern America	14.233
118	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	14.068
119	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	14.052
120	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	14.012
121	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	14.009
122	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	13.941
123	Uruguay`URY`South America	13.836
124	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	13.699
125	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	13.608
126	Chile`CHL`South America	13.592
127	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13.501
128	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	13.112
129	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.087
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	13.028
131	Peru`PER`South America	12.966
132	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	12.727
133	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	12.532
134	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	12.503
135	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.408
136	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	12.254
137	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	12.123
138	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12.030
139	Mexico`MEX`Central America	11.901
140	Paraguay`PRY`South America	11.803
141	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	11.760
142	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11.700
143	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	11.692
144	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	11.653
145	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	11.633
146	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	11.559
147	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	11.411
148	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	11.368
149	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.088
150	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	10.912
151	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	10.655
152	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	10.614
153	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	10.592
154	India`IND`Southern Asia	10.428
155	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.317
156	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	10.191
157	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	9.927
158	Panama`PAN`Central America	9.860
159	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	9.789
160	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9.749
161	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	9.692
162	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.643
163	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	9.579
164	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	9.348
165	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	9.014
166	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	8.955
167	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	8.911
168	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.812
169	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	8.803
170	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	8.327
171	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8.258
172	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7.680
173	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.999
174	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.759
175	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6.174
176	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5.461
177	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.404
178	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5.322

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Timor-Leste58.944
2Marshall Islands56.176
3Kiribati55.567
4Libya50.836
5Greenland44.199

Lowest

178Somalia5.322
177Bangladesh5.404
176Cambodia5.461
175Sudan6.174
174Sierra Leone6.759

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 16.804. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
175values changed, of 175 in both
87 · 88rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Libya42.647 → 50.836+8.189
Kuwait17.755 → 24.192+6.436
Equatorial Guinea15.966 → 21.922+5.955
Qatar15.467 → 20.227+4.760
Brunei21.418 → 25.062+3.644

Fell most

Kiribati63.907 → 55.567−8.340
Timor-Leste65.666 → 58.944−6.723
Ireland15.996 → 12.123−3.873
Palau31.485 → 28.257−3.228
Syria19.624 → 16.724−2.900

+ Côte d’Ivoire

+ Sri Lanka

+ San Marino

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2015.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 178 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2015). General Government Consumption, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/2015

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