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Government consumption (% of GDP) — Albania

Government consumption (% of GDP) in Albania in 2025 — 12.8%. Ranked 91 in the world out of 132. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 3.5 pp.

2025 12.8% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 91of 132
Period maximum 22.9%1991
Period minimum 8.8%1981

Trend over time

1980–2025 · % of GDP

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Albania, 1980–202551015202519801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 9.3%1981: 8.8%1982: 8.9%1983: 9.1%1984: 9.8%1985: 9.6%1986: 9.6%1987: 10%1988: 9.8%1989: 9.1%1990: 19.2%1991: 22.9%1992: 21.4%1993: 14.6%1994: 14.6%1995: 10%1996: 9.6%1997: 10.6%1998: 10.9%1999: 11.1%2000: 9.7%2001: 10.6%2002: 11.2%2003: 11.1%2004: 11.2%2005: 11.1%2006: 10.6%2007: 10.4%2008: 10.7%2009: 11.5%2010: 11.7%2011: 11.9%2012: 11.7%2013: 11.8%2014: 12.3%2015: 11.7%2016: 12.1%2017: 11.9%2018: 11.9%2019: 12.7%2020: 13.7%2021: 13%2022: 12.1%2023: 12.1%2024: 12.4%2025: 12.8%
Change over the period: +3.5 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Albania

Albania 12.8%
Europe & Central Asia 20.6%
Southern Europe computed 18.6%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 14.5%
Government consumption (% of GDP) — Albania, by year Albania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.8 +0.4 pp
2024 12.4 +0.3 pp
2023 12.1 −0 pp
2022 12.1 −0.8 pp
2021 13 −0.7 pp
2020 13.7 +1 pp
2019 12.7 +0.8 pp
2018 11.9 +0 pp
2017 11.9 −0.3 pp
2016 12.1 +0.4 pp
2015 11.7 −0.6 pp
2014 12.3 +0.5 pp
2013 11.8 +0 pp
2012 11.7 −0.1 pp
2011 11.9 +0.2 pp
2010 11.7 +0.2 pp
2009 11.5 +0.8 pp
2008 10.7 +0.3 pp
2007 10.4 −0.2 pp
2006 10.6 −0.5 pp
2005 11.1 −0.1 pp
2004 11.2 +0.1 pp
2003 11.1 −0.2 pp
2002 11.2 +0.6 pp
2001 10.6 +0.9 pp
2000 9.7 −1.4 pp
1999 11.1 +0.2 pp
1998 10.9 +0.4 pp
1997 10.6 +1 pp
1996 9.6 −0.4 pp
1995 10 −4.6 pp
1994 14.6 −0 pp
1993 14.6 −6.8 pp
1992 21.4 −1.5 pp
1991 22.9 +3.7 pp
1990 19.2 +10.1 pp
1989 9.1 −0.7 pp
1988 9.8 −0.2 pp
1987 10 +0.4 pp
1986 9.6 −0 pp
1985 9.6 −0.1 pp
1984 9.8 +0.7 pp
1983 9.1 +0.2 pp
1982 8.9 +0.1 pp
1981 8.8 −0.5 pp
1980 9.3 —

Southern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

HR Croatia 24.3 SI Slovenia 21.2 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.3 ES Spain 19.2 RS Serbia 18.5 IT Italy 18.3 GR Greece 18.2 MT Malta 17.5 ME Montenegro 17.4 PT Portugal 17 MK North Macedonia 16.4 XK Kosovo 13.4 AL Albania 12.8
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About the indicator

General government final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP: compensation of public employees, purchases of goods and services for delivering public services, and spending on defense and security. It leaves out public investment and social transfers, so the indicator is lower than the overall size of the budget.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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