Which country has the highest Gross National Expenditure?

United States has the highest Gross National Expenditure, at $26.72T, followed by China ($17.27T) and Japan ($4.42T).

Which country has the lowest Gross National Expenditure?

Micronesia has the lowest Gross National Expenditure, at $191.7M.

What is the median Gross National Expenditure across countries?

The median is $47.11B across the 184 countries with data.

Where does this government budget by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Gross capital formation (current US$) - World Bank; Gross national expenditure (current US$) - World Bank.

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United States has the highest Gross National Expenditure ($26.72T), followed by China ($17.27T) and Japan ($4.42T). Micronesia has the lowest ($191.7M).

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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

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Median

$47.11B

Middle half $13.47B – $288.79B

Average

$552.11B

184 countries

Highest

$26.72T

United States

Lowest

$191.7M

Micronesia

Data

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185 countries · # = rank by Gross National Expenditure

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1	United States	$26.72T	$5.63T	2,022
2	China	$17.27T	$7.72T	2,022
3	Japan	$4.42T	$1.13T	2,022
4	Germany	$4.27T	$1.05T	2,023
5	India	$3.71T	$1.2T	2,023
6	United Kingdom	$3.35T	$592.96B	2,023
7	France	$3.1T	$764.09B	2,023
8	Italy	$2.22T	$471.65B	2,023
9	Canada	$2.15T	$511.54B	2,023
10	Brazil	$2.12T	$349.66B	2,023
11	Russia	$1.9T	$519.46B	2,023
12	Mexico	$1.9T	$442.92B	2,023
13	South Korea	$1.71T	$550.31B	2,023
14	Australia	$1.63T	$405.44B	2,023
15	Spain	$1.52T	$321.04B	2,023
16	Indonesia	$1.27T	$418.48B	2,023
17	Turkey	$1.13T	$325.83B	2,023
18	Netherlands	$993.91B	$224.62B	2,023
19	Saudi Arabia	$988.89B	$313.25B	2,023
20	Switzerland	$774.88B	$217.49B	2,023
21	Poland	$761.82B	$146.5B	2,023
22	Argentina	$656.11B	$124.74B	2,023
23	Belgium	$638.11B	$160.13B	2,023
24	Sweden	$567.18B	$158.74B	2,023
25	Venezuela	$553.28B	$119.67B	2,014
26	Austria	$502.44B	$130.62B	2,023
27	Thailand	$498.9B	$116.2B	2,023
28	Philippines	$498.74B	$101.95B	2,023
29	Israel	$490.88B	$130.98B	2,023
30	Bangladesh	$460.12B	$135.39B	2,023
31	Norway	$414.1B	$125.47B	2,023
32	Egypt	$404.79B	$50.99B	2,023
33	Vietnam	$395.09B	$133.63B	2,022
34	Iran	$388.93B	$146.32B	2,023
35	Colombia	$381.59B	$46.58B	2,023
36	Malaysia	$379.69B	$90.04B	2,023
37	Hong Kong	$378.84B	$59.88B	2,023
38	South Africa	$378.01B	$59.02B	2,023
39	Romania	$367.79B	$90.05B	2,023
40	Denmark	$365.53B	$88.92B	2,023
41	Pakistan	$363.16B	$46.39B	2,023
42	Ireland	$359.55B	$144.87B	2,023
43	Chile	$331.15B	$77.02B	2,023
44	Czechia	$313.99B	$95.54B	2,023
45	Singapore	$313.7B	$105.4B	2,023
46	Finland	$301.09B	$68.01B	2,023
47	Portugal	$284.69B	$56.24B	2,023
48	United Arab Emirates	$270.52B	$79.63B	2,020
49	New Zealand	$259.2B	$63.62B	2,022
50	Peru	$258.86B	$50.33B	2,023
51	Greece	$249.94B	$40.08B	2,023
52	Algeria	$229.97B	$90.53B	2,023
53	Ukraine	$216.16B	$27.05B	2,023
54	Hungary	$201.53B	$53.83B	2,023
55	Kazakhstan	$190.21B	$54.39B	2,022
56	Ethiopia	$175.81B	$36.29B	2,023
57	Iraq	$166.68B	$44.93B	2,021
58	Morocco	$152.83B	$39.5B	2,023
59	Qatar	$148.6B	$72.29B	2,022
60	Slovakia	$131.02B	$26.05B	2,023
61	Dominican Republic	$130.36B	$38.06B	2,023
62	Kuwait	$124.75B	$34.07B	2,019
63	Puerto Rico	$119.42B	$16.75B	2,023
64	Ecuador	$118.51B	$25.49B	2,023
65	Guatemala	$118.12B	$16.71B	2,023
66	Kenya	$115.41B	$19.49B	2,023
67	Sudan	$109.2B	$2.21B	2,023
68	Uzbekistan	$108.16B	$39.19B	2,023
69	Cuba	$106.65B	$10.6B	2,020
70	Bulgaria	$98.37B	$19.15B	2,023
71	Sri Lanka	$85.62B	$21.34B	2,023
72	Croatia	$83.57B	$18.18B	2,023
73	Costa Rica	$82.79B	$13.32B	2,023
74	Ivory Coast	$81.74B	$20.3B	2,023
75	Tanzania	$80.92B	$31.86B	2,023
76	Serbia	$78.57B	$16.07B	2,023
77	Oman	$78.37B	$19.76B	2,021
78	Ghana	$77.11B	$8.28B	2,023
79	Panama	$76.58B	$31.55B	2,022
80	Lithuania	$74.85B	$15.32B	2,023
81	Uruguay	$74.72B	$13.33B	2,023
82	Angola	$73.53B	$22.55B	2,023
83	Belarus	$69.62B	$17.31B	2,023
84	DR Congo	$68.22B	$21.32B	2,023
85	Slovenia	$63.67B	$14.19B	2,023
86	Azerbaijan	$61.89B	$13.24B	2,023
87	Luxembourg	$59.31B	$15.39B	2,023
88	Jordan	$55.5B	$11.66B	2,021
89	Tunisia	$54.43B	$6.56B	2,023
90	Uganda	$51.27B	$11.46B	2,023
91	Nepal	$50.83B	$12.95B	2,023
92	Cameroon	$48.9B	$8.34B	2,023
93	Latvia	$45.31B	$10.03B	2,023
94	Bolivia	$45.12B	$7.31B	2,022
95	Honduras	$42.63B	$7.95B	2,023
96	Paraguay	$42.05B	$8.42B	2,023
97	Estonia	$40.97B	$10.87B	2,023
98	El Salvador	$40.37B	$6.56B	2,023
99	Libya	$36.69B	$7.43B	2,023
100	Senegal	$36.61B	$14.71B	2,023
101	Georgia	$32.84B	$7.92B	2,023
102	Cyprus	$32.53B	$7.04B	2,023
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$32.09B	$7.25B	2,023
104	Bahrain	$31.65B	$10.05B	2,021
105	Iceland	$31.04B	$7.57B	2,023
106	Lebanon	$30.49B	$257.19M	2,022
107	Zimbabwe	$29.84B	$4.01B	2,022
108	Macau	$26.65B	$6.57B	2,023
109	Palestine	$25.76B	$4.57B	2,023
110	Armenia	$24.38B	$5.16B	2,023
111	Mozambique	$24.02B	$7.1B	2,022
112	Turkmenistan	$23.99B	$16.6B	2,012
113	Haiti	$23.87B	$2.75B	2,023
114	Mali	$22.91B	$3.8B	2,023
115	Zambia	$22.43B	$7.87B	2,022
116	Burkina Faso	$21.77B	$4.58B	2,023
117	Benin	$21.44B	$7.96B	2,023
118	Cambodia	$20.93B	$5.08B	2,023
119	Guinea	$20.74B	$5.57B	2,023
120	Moldova	$20.52B	$3.43B	2,023
121	Albania	$20.33B	$4.45B	2,021
122	Nicaragua	$20.2B	$4.11B	2,023
123	Botswana	$19.82B	$5.88B	2,023
124	Afghanistan	$19.75B	$2.42B	2,022
125	Mongolia	$18.58B	$6.44B	2,023
126	Jamaica	$18.05B	$3.84B	2,019
127	Laos	$17.29B	$4.62B	2,016
128	Kyrgyzstan	$17.12B	$4.32B	2,022
129	Madagascar	$17.08B	$3.42B	2,023
130	Malta	$16.89B	$4.09B	2,023
131	North Macedonia	$16.76B	$3.52B	2,023
132	Niger	$16.48B	$4.45B	2,023
133	Rwanda	$16.23B	$3.28B	2,023
134	Namibia	$15.17B	$3.43B	2,023
135	Mauritius	$15.14B	$3.36B	2,023
136	Bahamas	$14.5B	$2.97B	2,023
137	Tajikistan	$14.27B	$3.8B	2,022
138	Chad	$13.75B	$3.39B	2,023
139	Republic of the Congo	$12.63B	$3.86B	2,023
140	Gabon	$12.51B	$3.5B	2,023
141	Brunei	$12.09B	$4.47B	2,023
142	Mauritania	$11.29B	$3.82B	2,023
143	South Sudan	$11.07B	$689.96M	2,015
144	New Caledonia	$10.73B	$2.55B	2,017
145	Equatorial Guinea	$10.53B	$1.24B	2,019
146	Togo	$10.42B	$2.11B	2,023
147	Montenegro	$8.78B	$1.99B	2,023
148	French Polynesia	$7.26B	$1.27B	2,022
149	Barbados	$6.08B	$973.01M	2,022
150	Bermuda	$5.57B	$945.18M	2,022
151	Fiji	$5.55B	$708.31M	2,023
152	Sierra Leone	$4.83B	$447.32M	2,023
153	Eswatini	$4.36B	$564.73M	2,022
154	Djibouti	$4.28B	$1.21B	2,023
155	Curacao	$3.92B	$1.25B	2,018
156	Bhutan	$3.88B	$1.6B	2,022
157	Suriname	$3.73B	$1.58B	2,010
158	Greenland	$3.7B	$1.08B	2,021
159	Faroe Islands	$3.56B	$1.12B	2,022
160	Lesotho	$3.46B	$649.3M	2,022
161	Papua New Guinea	$3.41B	$785.48M	2,004
162	Aruba	$3.34B	$728.53M	2,022
163	Central African Republic	$3.31B	$606.87M	2,023
164	Burundi	$3.15B	$343.15M	2,023
165	Belize	$3.09B	$697.5M	2,023
166	Gambia	$3.03B	$918.42M	2,023
167	Cape Verde	$2.96B	$501.22M	2,023
168	Eritrea	$2.84B	$260.73M	2,011
169	Timor-Leste	$2.77B	$339.92M	2,022
170	Seychelles	$2.38B	$344.16M	2,023
171	Syria	$2.34B	$358.57M	1,969
172	Guinea-Bissau	$2.16B	$472.51M	2,023
173	Solomon Islands	$1.79B	$365.95M	2,022
174	Comoros	$1.65B	$171.98M	2,023
175	Vanuatu	$1.47B	$573.11M	2,022
176	San Marino	$1.37B	$412.54M	2,021
177	Samoa	$1.32B	$348.02M	2,023
178	Somalia	$1.17B	$142.14M	1,990
179	Guyana	$1.09B	$266.72M	2,005
180	Dominica	$820.1M	$181.43M	2,018
181	Tonga	$758.77M	$103.05M	2,021
182	Palau	$388.32M	$96.65M	2,022
183	Marshall Islands	$386.09M	$52.01M	2,022
184	Micronesia	$191.7M	$40.2M	1,983
—	Trinidad and Tobago	—	$4.85B	2,021

What correlates with Gross National Expenditure?

Pearson r against 1,419 other country metrics sharing at least 111 countries, 2 near-identical series hidden. Correlation is not causation.

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Places that have a higher Gross National Expenditure tend to score higher on these

GDPHistorical GDP by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 168
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Assessed ContributionUN Funding by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 174
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National Central Gov DebtCountries with the Highest National Debt
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 140
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Annual Reddit UsersReddit Users by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 156
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Airline PassengersAirline Passengers by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 139
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WHO Assessed ContributionsWHO Funding by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 173
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Gross National Expenditure tend to score lower on these

Net International Investment PositionNet International Investment Position by Country
r = −0.66 · strong · n = 114
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US Trade BalanceUS Trade Deficit by Country
r = −0.60 · strong · n = 181
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ZeroPark 2020Tier 1 Countries
r = −0.36 · moderate · n = 183
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% of Children Ever BreastfedBreastfeeding Rates by Country
r = −0.35 · moderate · n = 116
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First Referendum Initiative HeldReferendums by Country
r = −0.32 · moderate · n = 133
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Global FirePower IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
r = −0.31 · moderate · n = 138
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Gross National Expenditure?: United States has the highest Gross National Expenditure, at $26.72T, followed by China ($17.27T) and Japan ($4.42T).
Which country has the lowest Gross National Expenditure?: Micronesia has the lowest Gross National Expenditure, at $191.7M.
What is the median Gross National Expenditure across countries?: The median is $47.11B across the 184 countries with data.
Where does this government budget by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Gross capital formation (current US$) - World Bank; Gross national expenditure (current US$) - World Bank.

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