Central government expense in Euro area
Central government expense in the euro area was equal to 40.0% of GDP in 2022.
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2022
40.0%
Change from 2021
−1.8percentage points
World, 2022
28.5%
Central government expense in Euro area 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.
| Period | Euro area | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 40.0% | 28.5% |
| 2021 | 41.8% | 31.7% |
| 2020 | 42.8% | 33.4% |
| 2019 | 36.8% | 26.7% |
| 2018 | 37.0% | 26.1% |
| 2017 | 37.5% | 26.3% |
| 2016 | 37.8% | 26.6% |
| 2015 | 38.2% | 26.8% |
| 2014 | 39.1% | 26.8% |
| 2013 | 39.5% | 27.1% |
| 2012 | 39.5% | 27.4% |
| 2011 | 38.5% | 27.5% |
| 2010 | 40.1% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 39.7% | 28.4% |
| 2008 | 36.4% | 25.9% |
| 2007 | 35.6% | 24.8% |
| 2006 | 36.2% | 24.9% |
| 2005 | 36.7% | 25.1% |
| 2004 | 36.9% | 24.8% |
| 2003 | 38.5% | 25.2% |
| 2002 | 38.2% | 24.9% |
| 2001 | 37.9% | 24.7% |
| 2000 | 37.9% | 23.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.8 percentage points from 41.8% in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 39.5%, the figure has changed by +0.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 28.5%.