Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — Middle East & North Africa

Government consumption in US dollars in Middle East & North Africa in 2025 — 894,255,463,863 US$. Since 1968, the indicator has risen by 8,361.5%.

2025 894B US$ +1.13% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 894B US$2025
Period minimum 10.57B US$1968

Trend over time

1968–2025 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — Middle East & North Africa, 1968–20250250B500B750B1T196819741980198619921998200420102016202220251968: 10,568,560,861 US$1969: 11,998,261,333 US$1970: 13,455,261,579 US$1971: 15,172,568,296 US$1972: 18,164,447,706 US$1973: 24,149,631,712 US$1974: 37,202,296,549 US$1975: 48,146,672,546 US$1976: 57,943,559,286 US$1977: 65,378,024,050 US$1978: 78,503,179,864 US$1979: 90,116,060,499 US$1980: 105,140,543,152 US$1981: 126,060,127,154 US$1982: 139,278,714,283 US$1983: 145,191,817,333 US$1984: 142,299,388,092 US$1985: 142,970,931,883 US$1986: 150,211,651,550 US$1987: 142,102,140,756 US$1988: 142,634,520,126 US$1989: 140,801,241,195 US$1990: 147,556,922,680 US$1991: 140,853,245,944 US$1992: 143,055,206,790 US$1993: 131,766,988,563 US$1994: 133,740,185,214 US$1995: 143,706,835,985 US$1996: 156,097,029,458 US$1997: 165,151,413,173 US$1998: 167,271,871,178 US$1999: 166,847,287,296 US$2000: 185,260,540,518 US$2001: 190,430,329,480 US$2002: 189,790,204,126 US$2003: 201,402,086,198 US$2004: 229,861,383,315 US$2005: 259,167,622,074 US$2006: 297,611,844,386 US$2007: 331,104,957,537 US$2008: 389,600,176,202 US$2009: 413,834,127,366 US$2010: 459,519,300,065 US$2011: 580,295,388,668 US$2012: 620,621,119,821 US$2013: 652,994,663,630 US$2014: 698,552,883,766 US$2015: 681,412,233,935 US$2016: 660,550,944,984 US$2017: 674,908,075,395 US$2018: 712,842,737,585 US$2019: 721,449,637,369 US$2020: 705,799,786,214 US$2021: 744,333,345,420 US$2022: 778,980,989,486 US$2023: 821,022,748,455 US$2024: 884,242,369,241 US$2025: 894,255,463,863 US$
Change over the period: +884B (+8,361.47%) Average annual rate: 8.1 %
Government consumption in US dollars — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 894B +10.01B +1.13%
2024 884B +63.22B +7.7%
2023 821B +42.04B +5.4%
2022 779B +34.65B +4.65%
2021 744B +38.53B +5.46%
2020 706B −15.65B −2.17%
2019 721B +8.61B +1.21%
2018 713B +37.93B +5.62%
2017 675B +14.36B +2.17%
2016 661B −20.86B −3.06%
2015 681B −17.14B −2.45%
2014 699B +45.56B +6.98%
2013 653B +32.37B +5.22%
2012 621B +40.33B +6.95%
2011 580B +121B +26.28%
2010 460B +45.69B +11.04%
2009 414B +24.23B +6.22%
2008 390B +58.5B +17.67%
2007 331B +33.49B +11.25%
2006 298B +38.44B +14.83%
2005 259B +29.31B +12.75%
2004 230B +28.46B +14.13%
2003 201B +11.61B +6.12%
2002 190B −640M −0.34%
2001 190B +5.17B +2.79%
2000 185B +18.41B +11.04%
1999 167B −425M −0.25%
1998 167B +2.12B +1.28%
1997 165B +9.05B +5.8%
1996 156B +12.39B +8.62%
1995 144B +9.97B +7.45%
1994 134B +1.97B +1.5%
1993 132B −11.29B −7.89%
1992 143B +2.2B +1.56%
1991 141B −6.7B −4.54%
1990 148B +6.76B +4.8%
1989 141B −1.83B −1.29%
1988 143B +532M +0.37%
1987 142B −8.11B −5.4%
1986 150B +7.24B +5.06%
1985 143B +672M +0.47%
1984 142B −2.89B −1.99%
1983 145B +5.91B +4.25%
1982 139B +13.22B +10.49%
1981 126B +20.92B +19.9%
1980 105B +15.02B +16.67%
1979 90.12B +11.61B +14.79%
1978 78.5B +13.13B +20.08%
1977 65.38B +7.43B +12.83%
1976 57.94B +9.8B +20.35%
1975 48.15B +10.94B +29.42%
1974 37.2B +13.05B +54.05%
1973 24.15B +5.99B +32.95%
1972 18.16B +2.99B +19.72%
1971 15.17B +1.72B +12.76%
1970 13.46B +1.46B +12.14%
1969 12B +1.43B +13.53%
1968 10.57B

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.