Central government expense in Russia

Central government expense in Russia was equal to 30.0% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1994 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Russia, 2023 30.0% % of GDP
Change from 2022 −1.4percentage points 2022: 31.4%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate Not the same period as Russia (2023).
Median of G20 countries, 2023 29.1% Middle value of 12 countries

Central government expense in Russia 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 2023
Period RussiaWorld
2023 30.0% –
2022 31.4% 28.5%
2021 30.8% 31.7%
2020 35.3% 33.4%
2019 29.6% 26.7%
2018 28.9% 26.1%
2017 30.7% 26.3%
2016 31.0% 26.6%
2015 30.6% 26.8%
2014 26.5% 26.8%
2013 24.6% 27.1%
2012 24.2% 27.4%
2011 23.3% 27.5%
2010 27.4% 28.4%
2009 32.1% 28.4%
2008 21.5% 25.9%
2007 23.0% 24.8%
2006 19.5% 24.9%
2005 19.9% 25.1%
2004 21.6% 24.8%
2003 23.0% 25.2%
2002 22.5% 24.9%
2001 22.8% 24.7%
2000 21.2% 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.4 percentage points from 31.4% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 24.6%, the figure has changed by +5.4 percentage points.

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
1994 to 2023 for Russia
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