Annex Table 29.

General government total outlays 38

Per cent of nominal GDP
Average
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1997-07
Australia 34.2 37.5 36.5 36.1 36.1 35.6 35.8 36.1 36.7 36.2 36.1 36.2 47.4 40.4 39.0 38.4 38.1
Austria 51.4 54.2 52.9 50.9 51.2 51.7 52.4 51.1 50.1 49.3 48.8 48.6 56.8 56.0 53.0 52.0 51.8
Belgium 50.1 54.7 53.9 55.3 56.5 56.1 55.6 53.7 53.1 52.0 52.3 51.9 58.9 55.5 53.6 55.7 54.6
Canada 40.5 43.4 43.1 41.6 40.9 40.0 38.4 40.0 40.8 40.5 40.7 40.7 53.0 46.0 40.8 40.7 40.6
Colombia .. 38.2 37.2 37.4 39.2 40.9 45.1 45.2 42.9 44.5 44.3 44.7 49.9 45.4 43.7 44.3 41.9
Czech Republic 42.7 44.3 43.7 43.2 44.7 42.7 42.6 41.9 39.8 38.9 40.6 41.0 47.2 46.5 46.1 45.5 43.5
Denmark 52.9 56.5 56.7 56.4 58.0 55.8 55.2 54.5 52.5 50.6 50.5 49.7 53.5 50.8 47.7 48.1 48.2
Estonia 35.8 45.8 40.3 37.4 39.2 38.4 37.8 39.5 39.4 39.3 39.3 39.4 44.9 41.6 39.0 38.9 37.1
Finland 49.6 54.1 53.9 53.7 55.4 56.8 57.3 56.5 55.6 53.6 53.4 53.3 57.1 55.5 54.0 55.2 55.3
France 52.8 57.1 56.9 56.3 57.1 57.2 57.2 56.8 56.7 56.4 55.6 55.3 61.5 59.1 58.2 57.7 56.7
Germany 47.1 48.2 48.2 45.3 44.9 44.9 44.2 44.2 44.4 44.1 44.3 44.9 50.5 51.3 50.9 51.1 49.5
Greece 45.2 54.1 53.0 55.1 56.7 62.8 50.7 54.1 49.9 48.5 48.5 47.8 59.7 57.1 53.8 51.7 50.9
Hungary 49.4 50.6 48.8 49.1 49.1 50.1 50.0 50.4 46.8 46.7 46.2 46.1 51.1 48.4 45.8 44.9 44.9
Iceland 44.8 53.6 48.8 50.5 47.7 45.9 45.8 43.4 46.4 44.3 43.8 43.3 50.8 49.1 45.5 45.0 44.4
Ireland 33.5 47.6 65.9 47.3 42.6 40.7 37.7 29.0 28.1 26.2 25.4 24.3 27.3 24.8 22.5 21.1 20.3
Israel .. 42.3 40.6 40.2 40.4 40.5 39.0 38.2 38.6 38.9 39.8 39.1 45.3 40.6 37.1 37.4 37.5
Italy 47.4 51.1 50.0 49.2 50.6 51.0 50.8 50.3 49.0 48.7 48.4 48.5 56.9 55.4 53.2 52.7 51.4
Japan 35.7 39.8 38.8 39.7 39.7 39.9 39.5 38.4 38.3 37.8 37.9 38.4 45.7 43.0 44.8 43.8 42.2
Korea 26.4 32.3 29.6 30.4 30.8 30.1 30.5 30.5 30.4 30.3 31.2 33.9 38.2 38.0 38.7 39.4 39.3
Latvia 35.9 45.1 45.8 42.3 38.8 38.5 38.9 38.6 37.5 38.7 39.4 38.2 42.2 44.0 43.6 43.3 42.0
Lithuania 37.8 45.0 42.4 42.5 36.2 35.6 34.7 35.2 34.2 33.2 34.0 34.7 42.7 37.5 37.9 38.2 38.1
Luxembourg 40.8 42.7 42.0 41.5 41.9 41.3 40.7 40.4 40.1 41.3 42.3 43.2 46.8 43.0 43.7 45.9 44.6
Netherlands 43.6 47.9 48.2 47.2 47.0 46.8 46.1 44.8 43.7 42.4 42.3 42.1 47.8 46.6 44.6 45.9 44.5
New Zealand 35.0 38.3 44.2 41.2 40.2 39.0 37.9 37.1 37.3 36.2 36.6 38.7 44.8 41.7 42.3 40.5 39.1
Norway 45.1 46.5 45.4 44.2 43.3 44.4 46.3 49.3 51.5 50.5 48.8 51.6 58.5 49.1 41.7 40.9 40.9
Poland 44.6 45.0 46.2 44.4 43.4 43.4 42.9 41.7 41.3 41.4 41.4 41.9 48.2 44.2 43.9 46.1 45.7
Portugal 44.2 50.2 51.9 50.0 48.9 49.9 51.7 48.2 44.8 45.4 43.2 42.5 49.2 47.8 46.0 45.0 45.0
Slovak Republic 43.6 44.4 42.1 41.4 41.1 42.5 43.3 45.6 42.5 39.5 39.7 40.5 44.8 46.3 45.1 45.7 43.8
Slovenia 46.5 49.4 50.2 50.9 49.4 60.3 50.8 48.7 46.2 44.1 43.5 43.2 51.2 49.3 49.3 50.5 49.5
Spain 39.3 46.2 46.0 46.2 49.5 46.4 45.3 44.0 42.5 41.3 41.8 42.3 51.9 50.6 49.0 49.2 48.3
Sweden 53.6 52.4 50.5 49.9 50.9 51.6 50.6 49.4 49.8 49.2 49.8 49.1 52.1 49.6 46.9 47.6 46.7
Switzerland 33.3 32.7 32.4 32.4 32.7 33.6 33.3 33.6 33.7 33.7 33.0 33.2 38.5 36.5 35.7 35.1 34.5
United Kingdom 37.7 47.2 46.9 45.5 45.4 43.7 43.0 42.1 41.3 40.8 40.6 40.7 52.3 47.9 46.1 47.4 47.4
United States ¹ 36.3 43.4 43.2 42.1 40.2 39.0 38.4 38.1 38.4 38.2 38.1 38.5 47.4 45.2 38.4 37.8 37.6
Euro area 17 47.2 51.0 51.0 49.5 50.1 50.0 49.3 48.5 47.8 47.1 46.9 46.9 53.5 52.4 51.0 50.9 49.7
Total OECD 39.5 44.2 43.7 43.0 42.5 41.9 41.3 40.9 40.7 40.3 40.3 40.7 48.4 46.1 42.9 42.8 42.1

Note: Data refer to the general government sector, which is a consolidation of accounts for the central, state and local governments plus social security.
1. These data include outlays net of operating surpluses of public enterprises.
Source: OECD Economic Outlook 112 database.