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Government consumption (% of GDP) — all countries

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Egypt

Government consumption (% of GDP) in Egypt in 2025 — 5.4%. Ranked 132 in the world out of 132. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 10.1 pp.

2025 5.4% −0.8 pp vs 2024
World rank 132of 132
Period maximum 25.7%1972
Period minimum 5.4%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Egypt, 1960–2025010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 15.6%1962: 15.1%1964: 19.6%1966: 19.7%1968: 22.2%1970: 22.3%1972: 25.7%1974: 25.2%1976: 23.4%1978: 18.8%1980: 15.7%1982: 16%1984: 15.5%1986: 14.7%1988: 14%1990: 11.4%1992: 10.4%1994: 10.3%1996: 10.4%1998: 11.3%2000: 11.2%2002: 12.6%2004: 12.8%2006: 12.3%2008: 10.9%2010: 11.2%2012: 11.2%2014: 11.8%2016: 11.4%2018: 7.9%2020: 7.5%2022: 7.3%2024: 6.3%2025: 5.4%
Change over the period: −10.1 pp Annual average: -0.16 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Egypt 5.4%
Middle East & North Africa 17.4%
Northern Africa computed 14.3%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 11.6%
Government consumption (% of GDP) — Egypt, by year Egypt All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 5.4 −0.8 pp
2024 6.3 −0.5 pp
2023 6.8 −0.5 pp
2022 7.3 −0.3 pp
2021 7.6 +0 pp
2020 7.5 +0.3 pp
2019 7.3 −0.7 pp
2018 7.9 −1.6 pp
2017 9.6 −1.8 pp
2016 11.4 −0.3 pp
2015 11.8 −0.1 pp
2014 11.8 +0.5 pp
2013 11.4 +0.2 pp
2012 11.2 −0.3 pp
2011 11.5 +0.3 pp
2010 11.2 −0.2 pp
2009 11.4 +0.5 pp
2008 10.9 −0.4 pp
2007 11.3 −1 pp
2006 12.3 −0.5 pp
2005 12.7 −0 pp
2004 12.8 +0.1 pp
2003 12.7 +0.1 pp
2002 12.6 +1.3 pp
2001 11.3 +0.1 pp
2000 11.2 −0.4 pp
1999 11.6 +0.3 pp
1998 11.3 −0 pp
1997 11.3 +0.9 pp
1996 10.4 −0.2 pp
1995 10.5 +0.3 pp
1994 10.3 −0 pp
1993 10.3 −0.1 pp
1992 10.4 −0.7 pp
1991 11.1 −0.3 pp
1990 11.4 −1.2 pp
1989 12.6 −1.4 pp
1988 14 −0.4 pp
1987 14.4 −0.4 pp
1986 14.7 −0.5 pp
1985 15.3 −0.2 pp
1984 15.5 −0.3 pp
1983 15.8 −0.2 pp
1982 16 −1.4 pp
1981 17.3 +1.7 pp
1980 15.7 −0.5 pp
1979 16.2 −2.6 pp
1978 18.8 −1.8 pp
1977 20.7 −2.8 pp
1976 23.4 −1.9 pp
1975 25.3 +0.2 pp
1974 25.2 +0.8 pp
1973 24.4 −1.4 pp
1972 25.7 +1.4 pp
1971 24.3 +2 pp
1970 22.3 −1.6 pp
1969 23.9 +1.8 pp
1968 22.2 +2.9 pp
1967 19.3 −0.4 pp
1966 19.7 +0.7 pp
1965 19 −0.6 pp
1964 19.6 +2.1 pp
1963 17.5 +2.3 pp
1962 15.1 −1.2 pp
1961 16.3 +0.8 pp
1960 15.6 —

Northern Africa, 2025

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

LY Libya 32.3 TN Tunisia 19.9 DZ Algeria 18.3 MA Morocco 18 SD Sudan 17.9 EG Egypt 5.4
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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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