Central government expense in European Union
Central government expense in the European Union was equal to 39.3% of GDP in 2022.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2022
39.3%
Change from 2021
−1.7percentage points
World, 2022
28.5%
Central government expense in European Union 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 | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 39.3% | 28.5% |
| 2021 | 41.1% | 31.7% |
| 2020 | 42.2% | 33.4% |
| 2019 | 36.4% | 26.7% |
| 2018 | 36.6% | 26.1% |
| 2017 | 37.0% | 26.3% |
| 2016 | 37.4% | 26.6% |
| 2015 | 37.8% | 26.8% |
| 2014 | 38.6% | 26.8% |
| 2013 | 39.1% | 27.1% |
| 2012 | 39.1% | 27.4% |
| 2011 | 38.1% | 27.5% |
| 2010 | 39.6% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 39.4% | 28.4% |
| 2008 | 36.2% | 25.9% |
| 2007 | 35.4% | 24.8% |
| 2006 | 35.9% | 24.9% |
| 2005 | 36.5% | 25.1% |
| 2004 | 36.7% | 24.8% |
| 2003 | 38.2% | 25.2% |
| 2002 | 37.9% | 24.9% |
| 2001 | 37.7% | 24.7% |
| 2000 | 37.7% | 23.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.7 percentage points from 41.1% in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 39.1%, the figure has changed by +0.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 28.5%.