Government consumption (% of GDP) — all countries

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Samoa

Government consumption (% of GDP) in Samoa in 2025 — 18.6%. Ranked 45 in the world out of 132. Since 2009, the indicator has risen by 7.3 pp.

2025 18.6% +1.8 pp vs 2024
World rank 45of 132
Period maximum 20.5%2022
Period minimum 11.3%2009

Trend over time

2009–2025 · % of GDP

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Samoa, 2009–20251012.51517.52022.52009201120132015201720192021202320252009: 11.3%2010: 13.7%2011: 13.3%2012: 14.3%2013: 14.6%2014: 15.9%2015: 15.2%2016: 12.6%2017: 12.1%2018: 13.4%2019: 13.8%2020: 14.6%2021: 16.6%2022: 20.5%2023: 16.5%2024: 16.8%2025: 18.6%
Change over the period: +7.3 pp Annual average: 0.46 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Samoa 18.6%
Government consumption (% of GDP) — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 18.6 +1.8 pp
2024 16.8 +0.3 pp
2023 16.5 −4 pp
2022 20.5 +3.8 pp
2021 16.6 +2 pp
2020 14.6 +0.9 pp
2019 13.8 +0.4 pp
2018 13.4 +1.3 pp
2017 12.1 −0.5 pp
2016 12.6 −2.6 pp
2015 15.2 −0.7 pp
2014 15.9 +1.3 pp
2013 14.6 +0.2 pp
2012 14.3 +1 pp
2011 13.3 −0.4 pp
2010 13.7 +2.5 pp
2009 11.3

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.