Central government expense in Czechia

Central government expense in Czechia was equal to 34.4% of GDP in 2022.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1993 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Czechia, 2022 34.4% % of GDP
Change from 2021 −2.4percentage points 2021: 36.8%
European Union, 2022 39.3% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2022 37.8% Middle value of 27 countries

Central government expense in Czechia over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2022
Period CzechiaEuropean Union
2022 34.4% 39.3%
2021 36.8% 41.1%
2020 37.6% 42.2%
2019 32.0% 36.4%
2018 31.8% 36.6%
2017 31.4% 37.0%
2016 32.5% 37.4%
2015 33.1% 37.8%
2014 34.2% 38.6%
2013 34.5% 39.1%
2012 36.3% 39.1%
2011 34.7% 38.1%
2010 34.6% 39.6%
2009 35.1% 39.4%
2008 32.1% 36.2%
2007 32.4% 35.4%
2006 32.6% 35.9%
2005 33.4% 36.5%
2004 34.5% 36.7%
2003 38.2% 38.2%
2002 36.8% 37.9%
2001 36.5% 37.7%
2000 33.4% 37.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.4 percentage points from 36.8% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 36.3%, the figure has changed by −1.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2022 was 39.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1993 to 2022 for Czechia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics