Central government expense in Ukraine

Central government expense in Ukraine was equal to 65.6% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1999.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1999 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Ukraine, 2023 65.6% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +7.7percentage points 2022: 57.9%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate Not the same period as Ukraine (2023).

Central government expense in Ukraine 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 UkraineWorld
2023 65.6% –
2022 57.9% 28.5%
2021 33.3% 31.7%
2020 37.2% 33.4%
2019 33.1% 26.7%
2018 33.4% 26.1%
2017 33.6% 26.3%
2016 33.5% 26.6%
2015 37.4% 26.8%
2014 43.5% 26.8%
2013 38.7% 27.1%
2012 39.5% 27.4%
2011 36.9% 27.5%
2010 39.5% 28.4%
2009 39.3% 28.4%
2008 35.7% 25.9%
2007 33.5% 24.8%
2006 35.4% 24.9%
2005 34.8% 25.1%
2004 31.8% 24.8%
2003 28.6% 25.2%
2002 28.0% 24.9%
2001 26.7% 24.7%
2000 25.9% 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +7.7 percentage points from 57.9% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 38.7%, the figure has changed by +26.9 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
1999 to 2023 for Ukraine
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