Country rankings
Government Size by Country
Kiribati has the highest Government Revenue as % of GDP in 2024 (106.1%), followed by Libya (71.0%) and Marshall Islands (69.6%). Somalia has the lowest (5.08%).
181 of 235 countries
Government Revenue as % of GDP, 2024
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 181 countries.
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 →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
27.3%
Middle half 19.5% – 36.4%
Average
29.2%
181 countries
Highest
106.1%
Kiribati
Lowest
5.08%
Somalia
Over time · 2021–2024
The top 5 in 2024, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Kiribati
- Libya
- Marshall Islands
- Kuwait
- Micronesia
Data
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183 countries · # = rank by Government Revenue as % of GDP
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kiribati | 106.1% | 118.4% | -12.4% | 2.4% |
| 2 |  Libya | 71.0% | 61.7% | 9.32% | 7.5% |
| 3 |  Marshall Islands | 69.6% | 69.4% | 0.16% | 3% |
| 4 |  Kuwait | 59.7% | 50.2% | 9.47% | 3.6% |
| 5 |  Micronesia | 57.4% | 62.0% | -4.6% | 3.1% |
| 6 |  Norway | 54.9% | 40.5% | 14.4% | 1.5% |
| 7 |  Palau | 54.0% | 50.7% | 3.34% | 12.4% |
| 8 |  Finland | 52.3% | 54.8% | -2.53% | 1% |
| 9 |  France | 51.6% | 56.1% | -4.49% | 1% |
| 10 |  Belgium | 51.0% | 55.8% | -4.79% | 0.9% |
| 11 |  Lesotho | 49.7% | 50.1% | -0.41% | 2.3% |
| 12 |  Denmark | 49.2% | 48.3% | 0.93% | 1.4% |
| 13 |  Austria | 49.1% | 51.1% | -1.96% | 0.8% |
| 14 |  Timor-Leste | 48.3% | 88.4% | -40.1% | 3.1% |
| 15 |  Italy | 47.7% | 51.7% | -4% | 0.7% |
| 16 |  Sweden | 47.6% | 48.3% | -0.63% | 0.6% |
| 17 |  Greece | 46.4% | 47.1% | -0.77% | 2% |
| 18 |  Germany | 46.2% | 47.9% | -1.65% | 0.5% |
| 19 |  Croatia | 44.8% | 46.5% | -1.75% | 2.6% |
| 20 |  Portugal | 44.7% | 44.7% | -0.06% | 1.5% |
| 21 |  Hungary | 44.0% | 47.8% | -3.84% | 3.1% |
| 22 |  Luxembourg | 43.9% | 45.8% | -1.91% | 1.5% |
| 23 |  Iceland | 43.6% | 44.8% | -1.23% | 1.7% |
| 24 |  Slovenia | 43.3% | 46.0% | -2.74% | 2.2% |
| 25 |  Spain | 42.9% | 45.9% | -2.96% | 1.5% |
| 26 |  Serbia | 42.8% | 44.7% | -1.83% | 3% |
| 27 |  Netherlands | 42.8% | 44.8% | -1.94% | 1.2% |
| 28 |  Dominica | 42.3% | 45.2% | -2.89% | 4.6% |
| 29 |  Poland | 42.3% | 47.0% | -4.71% | 2.3% |
| 30 |  Brazil | 42.1% | 48.1% | -6.03% | 1.7% |
| 31 |  Tonga | 41.6% | 48.3% | -6.76% | 2.5% |
| 32 |  Ukraine | 41.5% | 59.3% | -17.8% | 3.2% |
| 33 |  Czechia | 41.4% | 43.7% | -2.25% | 2.3% |
| 34 |  Canada | 40.6% | 41.3% | -0.64% | 1.4% |
| 35 |  Iraq | 40.5% | 48.3% | -7.78% | 2.9% |
| 36 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40.5% | 41.9% | -1.35% | 3% |
| 37 |  Cyprus | 40.4% | 38.7% | 1.66% | 2.7% |
| 38 |  Andorra | 39.7% | 36.3% | 3.4% | 1.5% |
| 39 |  United Kingdom | 39.5% | 43.4% | -3.91% | 0.6% |
| 40 |  Estonia | 39.3% | 42.5% | -3.21% | 2.4% |
| 41 |  New Zealand | 39.2% | 42.8% | -3.53% | 1% |
| 42 |  Slovakia | 39.1% | 43.5% | -4.41% | 2.5% |
| 43 |  Montenegro | 38.9% | 43.9% | -4.99% | 3.7% |
| 44 |  Latvia | 37.5% | 39.3% | -1.82% | 2.6% |
| 45 |  Japan | 36.6% | 40.3% | -3.67% | 0.9% |
| 46 |  Ecuador | 36.4% | 37.2% | -0.78% | — |
| 47 |  Lithuania | 36.3% | 37.7% | -1.4% | 2.7% |
| 48 |  Australia | 36.3% | 38.5% | -2.23% | 1.2% |
| 49 |  Belarus | 35.9% | 35.3% | 0.55% | 1.3% |
| 49 |  Bulgaria | 35.9% | 39.1% | -3.21% | 3.2% |
| 51 |  Vanuatu | 35.4% | 42.9% | -7.6% | 2.6% |
| 52 |  Malta | 35.2% | 39.1% | -3.92% | 3.3% |
| 53 |  Seychelles | 34.6% | 35.9% | -1.25% | 3.9% |
| 54 |  Argentina | 34.6% | 38.3% | -3.73% | 2.8% |
| 55 |  Israel | 34.5% | 36.5% | -2.05% | 3% |
| 56 |  Mongolia | 34.2% | 37.0% | -2.83% | 4.5% |
| 57 |  Qatar | 34.0% | 23.9% | 10.1% | 2.2% |
| 58 |  Macau | 33.6% | 21.9% | 11.7% | 27.2% |
| 59 |  Russia | 33.2% | 35.8% | -2.55% | 2.6% |
| 60 |  Burundi | 33.0% | 35.7% | -2.77% | 6% |
| 61 |  South Sudan | 32.9% | 28.5% | 4.35% | 4.2% |
| 62 |  Samoa | 32.6% | 34.9% | -2.31% | 3.6% |
| 63 |  Colombia | 32.4% | 34.8% | -2.4% | 2% |
| 64 |  Namibia | 32.3% | 36.3% | -4.01% | 2.7% |
| 65 |  Kyrgyzstan | 32.0% | 35.3% | -3.31% | 4.3% |
| 66 |  Moldova | 31.8% | 36.4% | -4.6% | 4.3% |
| 67 |  Switzerland | 31.7% | 31.3% | 0.4% | 1.8% |
| 68 |  Oman | 31.5% | 25.7% | 5.87% | 2.7% |
| 69 |  North Macedonia | 31.3% | 34.8% | -3.42% | 3.2% |
| 70 |  United Arab Emirates | 31.1% | 26.7% | 4.36% | 4% |
| 71 |  Azerbaijan | 30.8% | 31.6% | -0.8% | 2.5% |
| 72 |  Romania | 30.8% | 36.8% | -6.01% | 3.8% |
| 73 |  United States | 30.3% | 37.7% | -7.38% | 2.1% |
| 74 |  Algeria | 29.8% | 41.8% | -12.0% | 3.1% |
| 75 |  Turkey | 29.7% | 33.4% | -3.66% | 3% |
| 76 |  Jamaica | 29.7% | 29.4% | 0.29% | 1.8% |
| 77 |  Maldives | 29.6% | 38.2% | -8.59% | 5% |
| 78 |  Saudi Arabia | 29.5% | 29.2% | 0.27% | 2.7% |
| 79 |  Uzbekistan | 29.3% | 33.2% | -3.86% | 5.5% |
| 80 |  Barbados | 29.2% | 30.4% | -1.21% | 3.9% |
| 81 |  Grenada | 29.0% | 27.0% | 1.96% | 3.8% |
| 82 |  Botswana | 28.7% | 29.8% | -1.07% | 4.1% |
| 83 |  Tajikistan | 27.9% | 30.3% | -2.46% | 5% |
| 84 |  Eswatini | 27.8% | 30.1% | -2.28% | 3.3% |
| 85 |  Tunisia | 27.8% | 31.0% | -3.24% | 1.9% |
| 86 |  Albania | 27.7% | 30.6% | -2.83% | 3.3% |
| 87 |  Palestine | 27.6% | 29.8% | -2.2% | — |
| 88 |  Fiji | 27.5% | 32.6% | -5.18% | 3.9% |
| 89 |  Morocco | 27.4% | 31.6% | -4.22% | 3.6% |
| 90 |  Nicaragua | 27.3% | 26.9% | 0.43% | 3.3% |
| 90 |  Georgia | 27.3% | 29.7% | -2.36% | 4.8% |
| 90 |  Solomon Islands | 27.3% | 31.8% | -4.49% | 2.4% |
| 93 |  Uruguay | 27.1% | 29.8% | -2.65% | 3.3% |
| 94 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 27.0% | 28.7% | -1.72% | 2.2% |
| 95 |  Bolivia | 26.8% | 32.5% | -5.67% | 1.9% |
| 96 |  China | 26.7% | 33.8% | -7.04% | 4.6% |
| 97 |  South Africa | 26.5% | 33.1% | -6.5% | 1% |
| 98 |  Mozambique | 26.4% | 28.6% | -2.19% | 5% |
| 99 |  Jordan | 26.4% | 33.0% | -6.63% | 2.7% |
| 100 |  Chile | 25.6% | 26.9% | -1.35% | 1.6% |
| 101 |  Suriname | 25.3% | 25.6% | -0.37% | 3% |
| 102 |  Bhutan | 25.1% | 31.8% | -6.67% | 3% |
| 103 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 25.1% | 24.9% | 0.11% | 2.4% |
| 104 |  Armenia | 24.8% | 27.4% | -2.66% | 5% |
| 105 |  Cape Verde | 24.7% | 28.0% | -3.24% | 4.5% |
| 106 |  Bahrain | 23.9% | 27.1% | -3.2% | 3.6% |
| 107 |  Mauritania | 23.7% | 24.8% | -1.07% | 5.3% |
| 108 |  Mexico | 23.7% | 29.1% | -5.4% | 2.7% |
| 109 |  Cambodia | 23.6% | 26.7% | -3.03% | 6.1% |
| 110 |  El Salvador | 23.6% | 27.6% | -3.99% | 1.9% |
| 111 |  Ireland | 23.1% | 21.2% | 1.84% | 3.3% |
| 112 |  Hong Kong | 22.7% | 23.7% | -1% | 2.9% |
| 113 |  Liberia | 22.6% | 25.9% | -3.31% | 5.3% |
| 114 |  Belize | 22.5% | 23.1% | -0.6% | 3% |
| 115 |  Rwanda | 22.5% | 29.8% | -7.34% | 7% |
| 116 |  Aruba | 22.5% | 22.2% | 0.24% | 1.2% |
| 117 |  Bahamas | 22.0% | 24.8% | -2.8% | 1.8% |
| 118 |  Zambia | 22.0% | 26.6% | -4.63% | 4.3% |
| 119 |  Mauritius | 21.9% | 27.6% | -5.75% | 3.8% |
| 120 |  Angola | 21.6% | 20.7% | 0.97% | 3.3% |
| 121 |  Puerto Rico | 21.6% | 21.4% | 0.21% | -0.2% |
| 122 |  Senegal | 21.6% | 25.5% | -3.9% | 8.8% |
| 123 |  Mali | 21.4% | 25.9% | -4.45% | 4.8% |
| 124 |  Sierra Leone | 21.2% | 24.0% | -2.85% | 4.7% |
| 125 |  Kazakhstan | 20.9% | 21.9% | -1.08% | 4.2% |
| 126 |  Philippines | 20.8% | 25.1% | -4.3% | 5.9% |
| 127 |  Nepal | 20.7% | 25.7% | -4.94% | 5% |
| 128 |  Peru | 20.6% | 22.4% | -1.79% | 2.7% |
| 129 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 20.4% | 22.4% | -1.93% | 5.4% |
| 130 |  Paraguay | 20.4% | 22.6% | -2.15% | 3.8% |
| 131 |  Burkina Faso | 20.4% | 26.0% | -5.64% | 6.4% |
| 132 |  Thailand | 20.1% | 22.9% | -2.72% | 3.2% |
| 133 |  Equatorial Guinea | 19.8% | 19.5% | 0.38% | -5.5% |
| 134 |  Brunei | 19.6% | 27.3% | -7.72% | 3.5% |
| 135 |  Gambia | 19.5% | 22.0% | -2.49% | 6.2% |
| 136 |  San Marino | 19.5% | 21.2% | -1.75% | 1.3% |
| 137 |  India | 19.4% | 27.9% | -8.47% | 6.5% |
| 138 |  Djibouti | 19.1% | 22.4% | -3.28% | 6% |
| 139 |  Papua New Guinea | 18.8% | 22.7% | -3.99% | 5% |
| 140 |  Panama | 18.7% | 20.8% | -2.04% | 4% |
| 141 |  Vietnam | 18.6% | 20.3% | -1.74% | 5.8% |
| 142 |  Chad | 18.5% | 17.8% | 0.78% | 3.7% |
| 143 |  Niger | 18.5% | 22.6% | -4.1% | 11.1% |
| 144 |  Gabon | 18.5% | 19.5% | -1.06% | 2.6% |
| 145 |  Kenya | 18.4% | 22.5% | -4.09% | 5.3% |
| 146 |  Singapore | 18.2% | 15.4% | 2.79% | 2.1% |
| 147 |  Egypt | 18.2% | 28.9% | -10.7% | 3.6% |
| 148 |  Zimbabwe | 17.5% | 20.7% | -3.18% | 3.6% |
| 149 |  Malawi | 17.5% | 25.5% | -8.02% | 3.3% |
| 150 |  Malaysia | 17.2% | 21.6% | -4.36% | 4.3% |
| 151 |  Togo | 17.2% | 21.9% | -4.74% | 5.3% |
| 152 |  Ivory Coast | 17.1% | 21.2% | -4.12% | 6.6% |
| 153 |  Taiwan | 16.9% | 16.6% | 0.26% | 3% |
| 154 |  Ghana | 16.6% | 20.7% | -4.11% | 2.7% |
| 155 |  Guinea-Bissau | 16.4% | 19.6% | -3.18% | 5% |
| 156 |  Uganda | 16.2% | 19.0% | -2.75% | 5.7% |
| 157 |  Guyana | 16.1% | 21.1% | -5.04% | 26.6% |
| 158 |  Costa Rica | 15.7% | 18.9% | -3.14% | 3.2% |
| 159 |  Tanzania | 15.6% | 18.2% | -2.58% | 6.1% |
| 160 |  DR Congo | 15.6% | 17.6% | -1.95% | 4.7% |
| 161 |  Cameroon | 15.5% | 16.1% | -0.6% | 4.2% |
| 162 |  Benin | 15.2% | 18.9% | -3.7% | 6.3% |
| 163 |  Laos | 15.1% | 18.6% | -3.5% | 4% |
| 164 |  Comoros | 15.0% | 19.5% | -4.49% | 3.5% |
| 165 |  Dominican Republic | 15.0% | 18.1% | -3.1% | 5.2% |
| 166 |  Indonesia | 14.9% | 17.1% | -2.16% | 5% |
| 167 |  Central African Republic | 14.3% | 17.0% | -2.77% | 2.5% |
| 168 |  Myanmar | 14.2% | 18.8% | -4.64% | 2.6% |
| 169 |  Guinea | 13.9% | 16.2% | -2.35% | 5.6% |
| 170 |  Madagascar | 13.8% | 17.2% | -3.42% | 4.8% |
| 171 |  Pakistan | 12.5% | 20.1% | -7.6% | 2.5% |
| 172 |  Guatemala | 12.0% | 13.8% | -1.78% | 3.5% |
| 173 |  Sudan | 10.7% | 13.4% | -2.7% | 0.3% |
| 174 |  Turkmenistan | 10.3% | 9.94% | 0.39% | 2.1% |
| 175 |  Nigeria | 9.69% | 14.2% | -4.51% | 3% |
| 176 |  Bangladesh | 8.8% | 13.3% | -4.5% | 6% |
| 177 |  Iran | 8.4% | 14.1% | -5.74% | 2.5% |
| 178 |  Yemen | 8.39% | 8.43% | -0.04% | 2% |
| 179 |  Ethiopia | 8.1% | 10.1% | -2% | 6.2% |
| 180 |  Haiti | 7.09% | 8.87% | -1.78% | 1.4% |
| 181 |  Somalia | 5.08% | 6.45% | -1.37% | 3.7% |
| — |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | — | — | — | 5% |
| — |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | — | — | 3.8% |
What correlates with Government Revenue as % of GDP (2024)?
Pearson r against 1,417 other country metrics sharing at least 109 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Government Revenue as % of GDP tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
- Energy Trilemma Index RankEnergy Trilemma Energy Performance IndexA rank: rank 1 is the bestPlotr = −0.73 · very strong · n = 122
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- Global Innovation Index Human Capitol and Research RankMost Innovative CountriesA rank: rank 1 is the bestPlotr = −0.70 · very strong · n = 128
- WJP Rule of Law Index Overall ScoreWorld Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law IndexPlotr = +0.67 · strong · n = 132
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Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Government Revenue as % of GDP tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Government Revenue as % of GDP?
- Kiribati has the highest Government Revenue as % of GDP in 2024, at 106.1%, followed by Libya (71.0%) and Marshall Islands (69.6%).
- Which country has the lowest Government Revenue as % of GDP?
- Somalia has the lowest Government Revenue as % of GDP in 2024, at 5.08%.
- What is the median Government Revenue as % of GDP across countries?
- The median is 27.3% across the 181 countries with data in 2024.
- Where does this government size by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Government expenditure, percent of GDP - International Monetary Fund; Mapped: GDP Growth Forecasts by Country in 2024 - Visual Capitalist; List of countries by government spending as percentage of GDP -Wiki.