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General Government Consumption, 2021

2021, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 2021 covers 176 countries. Marshall Islands is highest, at 61.0333; Lebanon is lowest, at 2.3601. The middle country reads 17.2530. Against 2020, 176 values changed (41 up, 135 down), 1 left.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 2021

HighestMarshall Islands

61.0333

LowestLebanon

2.3601

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of General Government Consumption, 2021, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 176 countries · select a heading to sort

General Government Consumption, 2021: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia61.0333
2KiribatiKIRMicronesia53.5313
3PalauPLWMicronesia44.7553
4GreenlandGRLNorthern America44.2578
5LesothoLSOSouthern Africa34.6883
6LibyaLBYNorthern Africa34.6345
7United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean33.9028
8CubaCUBCaribbean33.8265
9French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia33.7649
10BotswanaBWASouthern Africa31.5671
11TongaTONPolynesia28.6050
12Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe28.4856
13Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia28.1945
14IcelandISLNorthern Europe27.4467
15Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa26.5876
16SwedenSWENorthern Europe26.0264
17SeychellesSYCEastern Africa25.8451
18Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa25.4888
19FijiFJIMelanesia25.4311
20KuwaitKWTWestern Asia25.3912
21NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe25.3907
22NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa25.0529
23BurundiBDIEastern Africa24.9387
24FranceFRAWestern Europe24.9318
25Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia24.8969

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Marshall Islands61.0333
  2. 2Kiribati53.5313
  3. 3Palau44.7553
  4. 4Greenland44.2578
  5. 5Lesotho34.6883

Lowest

  1. 176Lebanon2.3601
  2. 175Bangladesh5.8827
  3. 174Cambodia6.5658
  4. 173Syria6.5873
  5. 172Somalia7.1285

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 17.2530. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −1countries joined / left
  • 176values changed, of 176 in both
  • 41 · 135rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− Cayman Islands

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

Read before you use

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 2021.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2021). General Government Consumption, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/2021

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07Questions

General Government Consumption, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government consumption in General Government Consumption, 2021?

Marshall Islands, at 61.0333, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does General Government Consumption, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does General Government Consumption, 2021 cover?

176.

Where can I download General Government Consumption, 2021?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is General Government Consumption, 2021 the newest?

No. The newest held here is General Government Consumption, 2025.

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