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Government consumption (% of GDP) — Belarus

Government consumption (% of GDP) in Belarus in 2025 — 18.9%. Ranked 43 in the world out of 132. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 4.9 pp.

2025 18.9% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 43of 132
Period maximum 23.8%1990
Period minimum 13.4%2013

Trend over time

1990–2025 · % of GDP

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Belarus, 1990–20251015202519901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 23.8%1991: 22.2%1992: 15.2%1993: 18.5%1994: 20.5%1995: 20.5%1996: 20.6%1997: 20.3%1998: 19.9%1999: 19.5%2000: 19.5%2001: 21.6%2002: 21%2003: 21.4%2004: 20.6%2005: 20.8%2006: 19.2%2007: 18.5%2008: 16.5%2009: 16.1%2010: 16%2011: 13.4%2012: 13.6%2013: 13.4%2014: 13.8%2015: 14.9%2016: 15.7%2017: 15.7%2018: 15.7%2019: 16.8%2020: 17%2021: 16.8%2022: 17.2%2023: 17.9%2024: 18.3%2025: 18.9%
Change over the period: −4.9 pp Annual average: -0.14 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Belarus 18.9%
Europe & Central Asia 20.6%
Eastern Europe computed 20.4%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 14.5%
Government consumption (% of GDP) — Belarus, by year Belarus All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 18.9 +0.6 pp
2024 18.3 +0.5 pp
2023 17.9 +0.6 pp
2022 17.2 +0.4 pp
2021 16.8 −0.1 pp
2020 17 +0.1 pp
2019 16.8 +1.1 pp
2018 15.7 +0.1 pp
2017 15.7 −0 pp
2016 15.7 +0.7 pp
2015 14.9 +1.2 pp
2014 13.8 +0.3 pp
2013 13.4 −0.1 pp
2012 13.6 +0.1 pp
2011 13.4 −2.6 pp
2010 16 −0.1 pp
2009 16.1 −0.4 pp
2008 16.5 −2 pp
2007 18.5 −0.7 pp
2006 19.2 −1.6 pp
2005 20.8 +0.2 pp
2004 20.6 −0.8 pp
2003 21.4 +0.4 pp
2002 21 −0.5 pp
2001 21.6 +2.1 pp
2000 19.5 −0 pp
1999 19.5 −0.4 pp
1998 19.9 −0.5 pp
1997 20.3 −0.2 pp
1996 20.6 +0 pp
1995 20.5 +0 pp
1994 20.5 +2 pp
1993 18.5 +3.3 pp
1992 15.2 −7 pp
1991 22.2 −1.6 pp
1990 23.8 —

Eastern Europe, 2025

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

UA Ukraine 38.9 SK Slovakia 21.4 PL Poland 21.3 BG Bulgaria 20.8 HU Hungary 20.8 CZ Czechia 20 RU Russia 19.1 BY Belarus 18.9 MD Moldova 18.5 RO Romania 17.3
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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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