High income | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
High income
Records
63
Source
High income | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 16.59978362
1971 16.92443555
1972 16.83712517
1973 16.46549317
1974 16.99915951
1975 18.0981001
1976 17.67594624
1977 17.52181979
1978 17.37256115
1979 17.25098199
1980 17.61758391
1981 17.71668216
1982 18.17776171
1983 18.02954772
1984 17.45231504
1985 17.44424427
1986 17.49466018
1987 17.49112163
1988 17.07194309
1989 16.88197943
1990 17.23184248
1991 17.50500927
1992 17.64144389
1993 17.38950865
1994 17.08591564
1995 16.94754604
1996 16.84630045
1997 16.52899152
1998 16.49915681
1999 16.53446912
2000 16.36958423
2001 16.79081965
2002 17.27859186
2003 17.6248856
2004 17.56076344
2005 17.48392168
2006 17.38210227
2007 17.38537721
2008 17.93096819
2009 19.18900957
2010 18.86627866
2011 18.55047532
2012 18.28192745
2013 18.1335698
2014 17.96252704
2015 17.60622381
2016 17.53130235
2017 17.29758207
2018 17.30158684
2019 17.4339764
2020 18.84153387
2021 18.38517786
2022 17.02681746

High income | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
High income
Records
63
Source