Data for 2025
General Government Consumption, 2025
2025, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
General Government Consumption, 2025 covers 132 countries. Ukraine is highest, at 38.9417; Egypt is lowest, at 5.4455. The middle country reads 16.2088. Against 2024, 132 values changed (86 up, 46 down), 37 left.
General Government Consumption · Data for 2025
HighestUkraine
38.9417LowestEgypt
5.4455Shaded 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, 2025, 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 132 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UKREastern Europe | 38.9417 |
| 2 | LSOSouthern Africa | 36.4308 |
| 3 | GNQMiddle Africa | 32.4055 |
| 4 | LBYNorthern Africa | 32.2747 |
| 5 | BWASouthern Africa | 31.4833 |
| 6 | SWENorthern Europe | 26.4325 |
| 7 | FINNorthern Europe | 26.0676 |
| 8 | ISLNorthern Europe | 26.0646 |
| 9 | NLDWestern Europe | 25.8707 |
| 10 | SYCEastern Africa | 25.0697 |
| 11 | ISRWestern Asia | 24.9735 |
| 12 | FRAWestern Europe | 24.3624 |
| 13 | HRVSouthern Europe | 24.2786 |
| 14 | BELWestern Europe | 23.9532 |
| 15 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 23.8115 |
| 16 | DNKNorthern Europe | 23.2176 |
| 17 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 23.1488 |
| 18 | LVANorthern Europe | 22.9040 |
| 19 | CPVWestern Africa | 22.8560 |
| 20 | NORNorthern Europe | 22.5688 |
| 21 | DEUWestern Europe | 22.5148 |
| 22 | NAMSouthern Africa | 22.2806 |
| 23 | AUTWestern Europe | 21.9087 |
| 24 | CANNorthern America | 21.9051 |
| 25 | ESTNorthern Europe | 21.4567 |
| 26 | SVKEastern Europe | 21.4054 |
| 27 | POLEastern Europe | 21.3122 |
| 28 | SVNSouthern Europe | 21.2320 |
| 29 | GBRNorthern Europe | 21.2253 |
| 30 | BGREastern Europe | 20.8235 |
| 31 | HUNEastern Europe | 20.8169 |
| 32 | BDIEastern Africa | 20.6396 |
| 33 | SAUWestern Asia | 20.6094 |
| 34 | BIHSouthern Europe | 20.3126 |
| 35 | CZEEastern Europe | 20.0164 |
| 36 | TUNNorthern Africa | 19.9103 |
| 37 | LUXWestern Europe | 19.8476 |
| 38 | LTUNorthern Europe | 19.3273 |
| 39 | ESPSouthern Europe | 19.2022 |
| 40 | MOZEastern Africa | 19.2009 |
| 41 | BRASouth America | 19.1341 |
| 42 | RUSEastern Europe | 19.1008 |
| 43 | BLREastern Europe | 18.8996 |
| 44 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 18.8902 |
| 45 | WSMPolynesia | 18.5796 |
| 46 | CYPWestern Asia | 18.4850 |
| 47 | SRBSouthern Europe | 18.4733 |
| 48 | MDAEastern Europe | 18.4613 |
| 49 | DZANorthern Africa | 18.2810 |
| 50 | ITASouthern Europe | 18.2508 |
| 51 | MWIEastern Africa | 18.2440 |
| 52 | GRCSouthern Europe | 18.2359 |
| 53 | MARNorthern Africa | 18.0239 |
| 54 | SDNNorthern Africa | 17.9002 |
| 55 | BFAWestern Africa | 17.8056 |
| 56 | KOREastern Asia | 17.6477 |
| 57 | URYSouth America | 17.6026 |
| 58 | MLTSouthern Europe | 17.5309 |
| 59 | MNESouthern Europe | 17.4064 |
| 60 | ROUEastern Europe | 17.3027 |
| 61 | PSEWestern Asia | 17.0495 |
| 62 | PRTSouthern Europe | 17.0487 |
| 63 | GINWestern Africa | 16.7223 |
| 64 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 16.6531 |
| 65 | SLVCentral America | 16.4129 |
| 66 | MKDSouthern Europe | 16.3891 |
| 67 | MRTWestern Africa | 16.0286 |
| 68 | CODMiddle Africa | 15.9434 |
| 69 | UZBCentral Asia | 15.9077 |
| 70 | AZEWestern Asia | 15.5287 |
| 71 | COLSouth America | 15.4891 |
| 72 | GNBWestern Africa | 15.4846 |
| 73 | SENWestern Africa | 15.3890 |
| 74 | HNDCentral America | 15.2213 |
| 75 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 15.1428 |
| 76 | RWAEastern Africa | 15.0568 |
| 77 | CHLSouth America | 15.0560 |
| 78 | DJIEastern Africa | 15.0300 |
| 79 | ARGSouth America | 14.9273 |
| 80 | COGMiddle Africa | 14.8782 |
| 81 | MNGEastern Asia | 14.6190 |
| 82 | MDGEastern Africa | 14.6120 |
| 83 | MUSEastern Africa | 14.1895 |
| 84 | CRICentral America | 14.0111 |
| 85 | TURWestern Asia | 13.8634 |
| 86 | GEOWestern Asia | 13.8474 |
| 87 | XKXSouthern Europe | 13.4268 |
| 88 | IRNSouthern Asia | 13.2914 |
| 89 | PERSouth America | 13.0739 |
| 90 | MLIWestern Africa | 13.0612 |
| 91 | ALBSouthern Europe | 12.8457 |
| 92 | ECUSouth America | 12.8198 |
| 93 | HKGEastern Asia | 12.5708 |
| 94 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 12.3701 |
| 95 | NERWestern Africa | 12.2253 |
| 96 | KGZCentral Asia | 12.2127 |
| 97 | MACEastern Asia | 12.1991 |
| 98 | CHEWestern Europe | 12.0425 |
| 99 | MEXCentral America | 11.7907 |
| 100 | UGAEastern Africa | 11.6674 |
| 101 | DOMCaribbean | 11.6656 |
| 102 | GTMCentral America | 11.4567 |
| 103 | NICCentral America | 11.3641 |
| 104 | IRLNorthern Europe | 11.2423 |
| 105 | KENEastern Africa | 11.2115 |
| 106 | GABMiddle Africa | 11.1617 |
| 107 | CMRMiddle Africa | 11.1480 |
| 108 | PRYSouth America | 10.8605 |
| 109 | INDSouthern Asia | 10.7695 |
| 110 | CAFMiddle Africa | 10.3142 |
| 111 | STPMiddle Africa | 10.2952 |
| 112 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 10.2518 |
| 113 | GMBWestern Africa | 10.2189 |
| 114 | ARMWestern Asia | 10.1944 |
| 115 | TCDMiddle Africa | 9.8987 |
| 116 | TZAEastern Africa | 9.7803 |
| 117 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 9.3762 |
| 118 | PAKSouthern Asia | 9.3210 |
| 119 | COMEastern Africa | 9.0089 |
| 120 | BENWestern Africa | 8.8711 |
| 121 | CIVWestern Africa | 8.7090 |
| 122 | NPLSouthern Asia | 8.3850 |
| 123 | SOMEastern Africa | 8.1115 |
| 124 | PRICaribbean | 7.6993 |
| 125 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 7.5324 |
| 126 | LKASouthern Asia | 6.7426 |
| 127 | SLEWestern Africa | 5.9470 |
| 128 | ETHEastern Africa | 5.8394 |
| 129 | BGDSouthern Asia | 5.8017 |
| 130 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 5.6524 |
| 131 | HTICaribbean | 5.5259 |
| 132 | EGYNorthern Africa | 5.4455 |
02In 2025
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Ukraine38.9417
- 2
Lesotho36.4308
- 3
Equatorial Guinea32.4055
- 4
Libya32.2747
- 5
Botswana31.4833
Lowest
- 132
Egypt5.4455
- 131
Haiti5.5259
- 130
Cambodia5.6524
- 129
Bangladesh5.8017
- 128
Ethiopia5.8394
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 16.2088. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032024 → 2025
Since 2024
What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −37countries joined / left
- 132values changed, of 132 in both
- 86 · 46rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Equatorial Guinea25.9400 → 32.4055+6.4654
Guinea13.8724 → 16.7223+2.8499
Samoa16.7588 → 18.5796+1.8208
Uganda10.0217 → 11.6674+1.6457
Republic of the Congo13.3811 → 14.8782+1.4970
Fell most
Djibouti17.0953 → 15.0300−2.0653
Libya34.2074 → 32.2747−1.9328
Kyrgyzstan14.0709 → 12.2127−1.8581
Rwanda16.7343 → 15.0568−1.6775
Burkina Faso19.4080 → 17.8056−1.6024
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.
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 2025.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 132 countries has every column.
05The files
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The publisher’s original
World Bank Group’s own file, on its own site.
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Cite this edition
World Bank Group (2025). General Government Consumption, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/2025
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How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
General Government Consumption, 2025: questions and answers
Which country has the highest government consumption in General Government Consumption, 2025?
Ukraine, at 38.9417, of the 132 countries in the file.
What year does General Government Consumption, 2025 describe?
2025.
How many countries does General Government Consumption, 2025 cover?
132.
Where can I download General Government Consumption, 2025?
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, 2025 the newest?
Yes, as of 2026-09-10, when it was read from the publisher.