Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — Lower-middle-income countries

Government consumption in US dollars in lower-middle-income countries in 2025 — 928,830,239,133 US$. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 786.4%.

2025 929B US$ +1.22% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 929B US$2025
Period minimum 98.54B US$1991

Trend over time

1990–2025 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — Lower-middle-income countries, 1990–20250250B500B750B1T19901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 104,788,576,357 US$1991: 98,542,642,768 US$1992: 105,562,633,432 US$1993: 100,548,546,033 US$1994: 104,668,200,965 US$1995: 120,597,249,927 US$1996: 128,826,379,974 US$1997: 139,092,845,120 US$1998: 140,303,392,950 US$1999: 143,194,143,067 US$2000: 146,672,815,859 US$2001: 149,576,774,093 US$2002: 156,649,633,682 US$2003: 176,137,090,234 US$2004: 196,332,635,849 US$2005: 227,883,119,148 US$2006: 262,959,839,119 US$2007: 315,423,983,440 US$2008: 358,091,530,530 US$2009: 394,758,160,836 US$2010: 450,003,927,657 US$2011: 531,088,250,069 US$2012: 557,315,593,265 US$2013: 560,229,996,417 US$2014: 573,284,280,481 US$2015: 583,384,538,612 US$2016: 614,713,649,279 US$2017: 670,623,236,429 US$2018: 680,645,270,228 US$2019: 703,913,581,562 US$2020: 705,169,149,887 US$2021: 783,586,405,578 US$2022: 852,974,424,156 US$2023: 869,978,940,049 US$2024: 917,615,499,164 US$2025: 928,830,239,133 US$
Change over the period: +824B (+786.39%) Average annual rate: 6.43 %
Government consumption in US dollars — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 929B +11.21B +1.22%
2024 918B +47.64B +5.48%
2023 870B +17B +1.99%
2022 853B +69.39B +8.86%
2021 784B +78.42B +11.12%
2020 705B +1.26B +0.18%
2019 704B +23.27B +3.42%
2018 681B +10.02B +1.49%
2017 671B +55.91B +9.1%
2016 615B +31.33B +5.37%
2015 583B +10.1B +1.76%
2014 573B +13.05B +2.33%
2013 560B +2.91B +0.52%
2012 557B +26.23B +4.94%
2011 531B +81.08B +18.02%
2010 450B +55.25B +13.99%
2009 395B +36.67B +10.24%
2008 358B +42.67B +13.53%
2007 315B +52.46B +19.95%
2006 263B +35.08B +15.39%
2005 228B +31.55B +16.07%
2004 196B +20.2B +11.47%
2003 176B +19.49B +12.44%
2002 157B +7.07B +4.73%
2001 150B +2.9B +1.98%
2000 147B +3.48B +2.43%
1999 143B +2.89B +2.06%
1998 140B +1.21B +0.87%
1997 139B +10.27B +7.97%
1996 129B +8.23B +6.82%
1995 121B +15.93B +15.22%
1994 105B +4.12B +4.1%
1993 101B −5.01B −4.75%
1992 106B +7.02B +7.12%
1991 98.54B −6.25B −5.96%
1990 105B

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.