Central government expense in Switzerland

Central government expense in Switzerland was equal to 16.1% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1972 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Switzerland, 2023 16.1% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +0.2percentage points 2022: 15.9%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate Not the same period as Switzerland (2023).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023 34.4% Middle value of 28 countries

Central government expense in Switzerland 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 SwitzerlandWorld
2023 16.1% –
2022 15.9% 28.5%
2021 18.4% 31.7%
2020 19.7% 33.4%
2019 16.5% 26.7%
2018 16.4% 26.1%
2017 16.9% 26.3%
2016 17.0% 26.6%
2015 16.8% 26.8%
2014 16.4% 26.8%
2013 16.5% 27.1%
2012 16.3% 27.4%
2011 16.4% 27.5%
2010 16.4% 28.4%
2009 16.6% 28.4%
2008 15.6% 25.9%
2007 16.1% 24.8%
2006 16.6% 24.9%
2005 17.6% 25.1%
2004 17.9% 24.8%
2003 18.1% 25.2%
2002 19.2% 24.9%
2001 17.3% 24.7%
2000 18.3% 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 15.9% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 16.5%, the figure has changed by −0.4 percentage points.

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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
1972 to 2023 for Switzerland
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