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Government consumption (% of GDP) — all countries

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Rwanda

Government consumption (% of GDP) in Rwanda in 2025 — 15.1%. Ranked 76 in the world out of 132. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 4.8 pp.

2025 15.1% −1.7 pp vs 2024
World rank 76of 132
Period maximum 20.5%1981
Period minimum 8.8%1968

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Rwanda, 1960–202551015202519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 10.3%1962: 10.8%1964: 11%1966: 14%1968: 8.8%1970: 8.9%1972: 10.9%1974: 12.3%1976: 17.1%1978: 16.1%1980: 12.8%1982: 13.2%1984: 10.4%1986: 12.2%1988: 13.8%1990: 10.4%1992: 14.8%1994: 11.5%1996: 11.7%1998: 10.3%2000: 16.4%2002: 17.4%2004: 16.8%2006: 16.3%2008: 12.4%2010: 13.3%2012: 13.1%2014: 14.5%2016: 15.2%2018: 13.9%2020: 15%2022: 17.3%2024: 16.7%2025: 15.1%
Change over the period: +4.8 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Rwanda 15.1%
Sub-Saharan Africa 17%
Eastern Africa computed 10.7%
Low-income countries computed 12.3%
Government consumption (% of GDP) — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 15.1 −1.7 pp
2024 16.7 +0.2 pp
2023 16.5 −0.8 pp
2022 17.3 −0.4 pp
2021 17.6 +2.6 pp
2020 15 +0.3 pp
2019 14.7 +0.8 pp
2018 13.9 −1.2 pp
2017 15.2 −0.1 pp
2016 15.2 +1.2 pp
2015 14 −0.5 pp
2014 14.5 +1.4 pp
2013 13 −0.1 pp
2012 13.1 +0.9 pp
2011 12.2 −1.1 pp
2010 13.3 +0.4 pp
2009 12.9 +0.5 pp
2008 12.4 −1.9 pp
2007 14.3 −1.9 pp
2006 16.3 −0.4 pp
2005 16.7 −0.2 pp
2004 16.8 −0.5 pp
2003 17.3 −0.1 pp
2002 17.4 +0.8 pp
2001 16.6 +0.2 pp
2000 16.4 −0.3 pp
1999 16.7 +6.4 pp
1998 10.3 +0.5 pp
1997 9.8 −1.9 pp
1996 11.7 +1.2 pp
1995 10.5 −0.9 pp
1994 11.5 −3.1 pp
1993 14.6 −0.2 pp
1992 14.8 +2.5 pp
1991 12.3 +2 pp
1990 10.4 −2.6 pp
1989 13 −0.8 pp
1988 13.8 −0 pp
1987 13.8 +1.6 pp
1986 12.2 +0.7 pp
1985 11.5 +1.1 pp
1984 10.4 −1.6 pp
1983 12 −1.2 pp
1982 13.2 −7.3 pp
1981 20.5 +7.7 pp
1980 12.8 −0.6 pp
1979 13.4 −2.7 pp
1978 16.1 −1.6 pp
1977 17.7 +0.6 pp
1976 17.1 +0.1 pp
1975 17 +4.7 pp
1974 12.3 +0.6 pp
1973 11.6 +0.7 pp
1972 10.9 +0.8 pp
1971 10.1 +1.2 pp
1970 8.9 −0.1 pp
1969 9 +0.2 pp
1968 8.8 −2.8 pp
1967 11.5 −2.5 pp
1966 14 −0.4 pp
1965 14.4 +3.4 pp
1964 11 −0.2 pp
1963 11.2 +0.4 pp
1962 10.8 +0.4 pp
1961 10.4 +0.1 pp
1960 10.3 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

SC Seychelles 25.1 BI Burundi 20.6 MZ Mozambique 19.2 MW Malawi 18.2 RW Rwanda 15.1 DJ Djibouti 15 MG Madagascar 14.6 MU Mauritius 14.2 UG Uganda 11.7 KE Kenya 11.2 TZ Tanzania 9.8 KM Comoros 9 SO Somalia 8.1 ET Ethiopia 5.8
Full table for all countries

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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