Central government expense in OECD members
Central government expense in OECD member countries was equal to 30.4% of GDP in 2023.
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2023
30.4%
Change from 2022
+0.9percentage points
World, 2022
28.5%
Central government expense in OECD members over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 30.4% | – |
| 2022 | 29.6% | 28.5% |
| 2021 | 33.1% | 31.7% |
| 2020 | 34.4% | 33.4% |
| 2019 | 27.2% | 26.7% |
| 2018 | 27.0% | 26.1% |
| 2017 | 27.1% | 26.3% |
| 2016 | 27.3% | 26.6% |
| 2015 | 27.5% | 26.8% |
| 2014 | 27.9% | 26.8% |
| 2013 | 28.3% | 27.1% |
| 2012 | 28.8% | 27.4% |
| 2011 | 29.0% | 27.5% |
| 2010 | 29.7% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 29.6% | 28.4% |
| 2008 | 27.0% | 25.9% |
| 2007 | 25.7% | 24.8% |
| 2006 | 25.9% | 24.9% |
| 2005 | 26.2% | 25.1% |
| 2004 | 26.1% | 24.8% |
| 2003 | 26.5% | 25.2% |
| 2002 | 26.1% | 24.9% |
| 2001 | 25.7% | 24.7% |
| 2000 | 24.6% | 23.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 29.6% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 28.3%, the figure has changed by +2.1 percentage points.