Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — Latin America & Caribbean

Government consumption in US dollars in Latin America & Caribbean in 2025 — 1,188,184,961,663 US$. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 14,694.2%.

2025 1.19T US$ +5.96% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 1.19T US$2025
Period minimum 8.03B US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — Latin America & Caribbean, 1960–20250500B1T1.5T19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 8,031,418,644 US$1962: 9,814,277,727 US$1964: 10,290,827,581 US$1966: 13,471,367,843 US$1968: 14,599,819,024 US$1970: 18,752,406,761 US$1972: 24,514,460,355 US$1974: 42,463,905,436 US$1976: 50,040,985,275 US$1978: 64,995,743,075 US$1980: 84,740,961,064 US$1982: 94,873,170,154 US$1984: 76,474,194,284 US$1986: 83,749,784,048 US$1988: 101,959,069,506 US$1990: 143,103,504,766 US$1992: 145,743,229,341 US$1994: 239,890,369,262 US$1996: 315,109,223,675 US$1998: 344,879,530,002 US$2000: 316,129,458,195 US$2002: 281,889,079,229 US$2004: 326,157,377,102 US$2006: 472,543,662,041 US$2008: 666,160,767,704 US$2010: 822,375,836,869 US$2012: 948,337,978,939 US$2014: 1,003,710,421,212 US$2016: 863,298,460,586 US$2018: 912,295,842,049 US$2020: 807,359,094,159 US$2022: 967,543,540,209 US$2024: 1,121,382,729,729 US$2025: 1,188,184,961,663 US$
Change over the period: +1.18T (+14,694.21%) Average annual rate: 7.99 %
Government consumption in US dollars — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 1.19T +66.8B +5.96%
2024 1.12T +10.05B +0.9%
2023 1.11T +144B +14.86%
2022 968B +100B +11.57%
2021 867B +59.84B +7.41%
2020 807B −95.81B −10.61%
2019 903B −9.13B −1%
2018 912B −47.08B −4.91%
2017 959B +96.08B +11.13%
2016 863B −11.07B −1.27%
2015 874B −129B −12.89%
2014 1T +11.87B +1.2%
2013 992B +43.5B +4.59%
2012 948B −4.37B −0.46%
2011 953B +130B +15.85%
2010 822B +147B +21.78%
2009 675B +9.12B +1.37%
2008 666B +100B +17.68%
2007 566B +93.54B +19.79%
2006 473B +70.47B +17.53%
2005 402B +75.91B +23.28%
2004 326B +33.92B +11.61%
2003 292B +10.35B +3.67%
2002 282B −27.87B −9%
2001 310B −6.37B −2.02%
2000 316B +16.88B +5.64%
1999 299B −45.63B −13.23%
1998 345B +7.39B +2.19%
1997 337B +22.38B +7.1%
1996 315B +16.56B +5.55%
1995 299B +58.66B +24.45%
1994 240B +43.63B +22.23%
1993 196B +50.52B +34.66%
1992 146B +6.65B +4.78%
1991 139B −4.01B −2.8%
1990 143B +18.26B +14.62%
1989 125B +22.89B +22.45%
1988 102B +8.66B +9.28%
1987 93.3B +9.55B +11.4%
1986 83.75B +3.83B +4.79%
1985 79.92B +3.45B +4.51%
1984 76.47B −1.46B −1.87%
1983 77.93B −16.94B −17.85%
1982 94.87B −6.29B −6.21%
1981 101B +16.42B +19.38%
1980 84.74B +11.84B +16.24%
1979 72.9B +7.91B +12.16%
1978 65B +12.31B +23.36%
1977 52.69B +2.65B +5.29%
1976 50.04B +3.7B +7.98%
1975 46.34B +3.88B +9.14%
1974 42.46B +9.93B +30.52%
1973 32.53B +8.02B +32.72%
1972 24.51B +2.71B +12.44%
1971 21.8B +3.05B +16.27%
1970 18.75B +2.47B +15.18%
1969 16.28B +1.68B +11.51%
1968 14.6B +1.01B +7.44%
1967 13.59B +117M +0.87%
1966 13.47B +2.23B +19.8%
1965 11.24B +954M +9.27%
1964 10.29B −223M −2.12%
1963 10.51B +699M +7.12%
1962 9.81B +1.45B +17.27%
1961 8.37B +338M +4.2%
1960 8.03B

About the indicator

Government final consumption expenditure in current US dollars: compensation of employees in the public sector, purchases of goods and services for the current work of the state, and spending on defense and security. This is not the whole budget: pensions, benefits and other transfers are left out because they are recorded as household income, while public investment is recorded as capital formation. The quantity therefore comes to roughly two thirds of total budget expense, not all of it.

Important: Not to be confused with budget expense: transfers and capital outlays are not counted here. This same indicator serves as the weight when aggregating military spending as a share of government spending.

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