Country rankings
Police Spending by Country
Mauritius has the highest Expenditure on Police Services (Central Government) in 2021 (1.79%), followed by El Salvador (1.78%) and South Africa (1.65%). Australia has the lowest (0.01%).
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Expenditure on Police Services (Central Government), 2021
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Median
0.91%
Middle half 0.66% – 1.03%
Average
0.89%
45 countries
Highest
1.79%
Mauritius
Lowest
0.01%
Australia
Over time · 2019–2021
The top 5 in 2021, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Mauritius
- El Salvador
- South Africa
- Ukraine
- Croatia
Data
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45 countries · # = rank by Expenditure on Police Services (Central Government)
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mauritius | 1.79% | — |
| 2 |  El Salvador | 1.78% | — |
| 3 |  South Africa | 1.65% | 0.29% |
| 4 |  Ukraine | 1.46% | — |
| 5 |  Croatia | 1.43% | — |
| 6 |  Bulgaria | 1.4% | — |
| 7 |  Cyprus | 1.37% | — |
| 8 |  Greece | 1.36% | 0.02% |
| 9 |  Turkey | 1.11% | 0.04% |
| 10 |  Romania | 1.1% | 0.09% |
| 11 |  Poland | 1.05% | 0.06% |
| 12 |  Hungary | 1.03% | 0.03% |
| 13 |  Estonia | 0.99% | 0.01% |
| 14 |  Latvia | 0.98% | 0.13% |
| 14 |  Iceland | 0.98% | — |
| 16 |  Italy | 0.97% | 0.17% |
| 16 |  Portugal | 0.97% | 0.08% |
| 16 |  Slovakia | 0.97% | 0.08% |
| 16 |  Albania | 0.97% | 0.04% |
| 20 |  Nepal | 0.96% | — |
| 21 |  Slovenia | 0.93% | — |
| 22 |  United Kingdom | 0.91% | 0.71% |
| 22 |  Armenia | 0.91% | — |
| 24 |  Netherlands | 0.9% | — |
| 25 |  Czechia | 0.87% | 0.14% |
| 26 |  France | 0.85% | 0.09% |
| 27 |  Israel | 0.81% | 0.04% |
| 28 |  Spain | 0.78% | 0.33% |
| 29 |  Thailand | 0.76% | — |
| 29 |  Malta | 0.76% | 0.02% |
| 31 |  Singapore | 0.75% | — |
| 32 |  San Marino | 0.68% | — |
| 33 |  Sweden | 0.67% | — |
| 34 |  Chile | 0.66% | — |
| 35 |  Belgium | 0.57% | 0.66% |
| 36 |  Denmark | 0.55% | — |
| 37 |  Finland | 0.53% | — |
| 38 |  Norway | 0.52% | — |
| 39 |  Luxembourg | 0.49% | — |
| 40 |  Ireland | 0.47% | — |
| 41 |  Lithuania | 0.42% | — |
| 42 |  Argentina | 0.41% | — |
| 43 |  Brazil | 0.22% | — |
| 44 |  Switzerland | 0.11% | 0.16% |
| 45 |  Australia | 0.01% | — |
What correlates with Expenditure on Police Services (Central Government) (2021)?
Pearson r against 1,938 other country metrics sharing at least 27 countries. Correlation is not causation.
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Expenditure on Police Services (Central Government)?
- Mauritius has the highest Expenditure on Police Services (Central Government) in 2021, at 1.79%, followed by El Salvador (1.78%) and South Africa (1.65%).
- Which country has the lowest Expenditure on Police Services (Central Government)?
- Australia has the lowest Expenditure on Police Services (Central Government) in 2021, at 0.01%.
- What is the median Expenditure on Police Services (Central Government) across countries?
- The median is 0.91% across the 45 countries with data in 2021.
- Where does this police spending by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Which Country Spends the Most on Police? - Work + Money; List of countries and dependencies by number of police officers; Government Finance Statistics (GFS), Expenditure by Function of Government - World Bank.